Addison and Steele, the Critical HeritageEdward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom Routledge & K. Paul, 1980 - 480 pages |
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Page 278
... Passion is the very Characteristic of that Poem , Violenta Tragedia . But in reviewing the Life of that Roman , I found that his Love for his Country was not without Passion , and that of great Violence , as his bursting into Tears in ...
... Passion is the very Characteristic of that Poem , Violenta Tragedia . But in reviewing the Life of that Roman , I found that his Love for his Country was not without Passion , and that of great Violence , as his bursting into Tears in ...
Page 301
... Passions for the most part are not Tragical , and that they are sometimes false . And first we shall shew , That the Passions in this Play , for the most part , are not Tragical . No Passion can be justly esteem'd a Tragical Passion ...
... Passions for the most part are not Tragical , and that they are sometimes false . And first we shall shew , That the Passions in this Play , for the most part , are not Tragical . No Passion can be justly esteem'd a Tragical Passion ...
Page 332
... Passion for his Daughter at a time of such Extremity , but tho ' it became Cato to blame him , it as much became Juba to love . Both Actions are natural alike , a grave Man could no more help his Rebuke , than a Lover could his Passion ...
... Passion for his Daughter at a time of such Extremity , but tho ' it became Cato to blame him , it as much became Juba to love . Both Actions are natural alike , a grave Man could no more help his Rebuke , than a Lover could his Passion ...
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