Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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Page 105
... passion by yielding to its throbbing save it from injury . " He compares the seat of the desires to the women's quarters , the seat of the passions to the men's quarters , in a house . The spleen , again , is the napkin of the internal ...
... passion by yielding to its throbbing save it from injury . " He compares the seat of the desires to the women's quarters , the seat of the passions to the men's quarters , in a house . The spleen , again , is the napkin of the internal ...
Page 197
... passions and beget concernment in us , than the other , for it is un- natural for any one in a gust of passion to speak long together , or for another in the same condition to suffer him , without interruption . Grief and passion are ...
... passions and beget concernment in us , than the other , for it is un- natural for any one in a gust of passion to speak long together , or for another in the same condition to suffer him , without interruption . Grief and passion are ...
Page 216
... passions , and traverses of fortune ; so is the end , namely , for the delight and benefit of mankind . The charac- ters and persons are still the same , viz . , the greatest of both sorts ; only the manner of acquainting us with those ...
... passions , and traverses of fortune ; so is the end , namely , for the delight and benefit of mankind . The charac- ters and persons are still the same , viz . , the greatest of both sorts ; only the manner of acquainting us with those ...
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