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... represented with greater dis- tinctness and precision , more perfectly articulated in every part . Perhaps , indeed , there is too much of this ; for we sometimes thought he failed , even from an exuberance of talent , and dissipated ...
... represented with greater dis- tinctness and precision , more perfectly articulated in every part . Perhaps , indeed , there is too much of this ; for we sometimes thought he failed , even from an exuberance of talent , and dissipated ...
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... representing this scene was more violent , hurried , and full of anxious uncertainty . This , though more natural in general , was , we think , less in character . Richard should woo not as a lover , but as an actor - to show his mental ...
... representing this scene was more violent , hurried , and full of anxious uncertainty . This , though more natural in general , was , we think , less in character . Richard should woo not as a lover , but as an actor - to show his mental ...
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... represented as con- jecturing what were the employments of Antony in his ab- sence . " He's speaking now , or murmuring ' Where's my serpent of old Nile ? ' " Or again , when she says to Antony , after the defeat of Actium , and his ...
... represented as con- jecturing what were the employments of Antony in his ab- sence . " He's speaking now , or murmuring ' Where's my serpent of old Nile ? ' " Or again , when she says to Antony , after the defeat of Actium , and his ...
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... represents . Her de- portment is not particularly graceful : there is a heaviness , and want of firmness about it . Her features are regular , and the upper part of her face finely expressive of terror or sor- row . It has that mixture ...
... represents . Her de- portment is not particularly graceful : there is a heaviness , and want of firmness about it . Her features are regular , and the upper part of her face finely expressive of terror or sor- row . It has that mixture ...
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... represented , never the individual : their kings , their heroes , and their lovers are all the same , and they are all French — that is , they are nothing but the mouth - pieces of certain rhetorical common - place sentiments on the ...
... represented , never the individual : their kings , their heroes , and their lovers are all the same , and they are all French — that is , they are nothing but the mouth - pieces of certain rhetorical common - place sentiments on the ...
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