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... nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , sur- geon , now actually resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pig- VOL .
... nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , sur- geon , now actually resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pig- VOL .
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Quakers riding naked through the market - place ; Fifth- monarchy - men shouting for King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the top of tubs , on the fate of Agag ; all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion .
Quakers riding naked through the market - place ; Fifth- monarchy - men shouting for King Jesus ; agitators lecturing from the top of tubs , on the fate of Agag ; all these , they tell us , were the offspring of the Great Rebellion .
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... tells a pretty story of a fairy , who , by some mys- terious law of her nature , was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake . Those who injured her during the period of her disguise ...
... tells a pretty story of a fairy , who , by some mys- terious law of her nature , was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake . Those who injured her during the period of her disguise ...
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While the dra- matic art was in its infancy at Athens , it produced similar effects on the ardent and imaginative spectators . It is said that they blamed Eschylus for frightening them into fits with his Furies . Herodotus tells us ...
While the dra- matic art was in its infancy at Athens , it produced similar effects on the ardent and imaginative spectators . It is said that they blamed Eschylus for frightening them into fits with his Furies . Herodotus tells us ...
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The same principle should be applied to poetry and romance . The truth of character is the first object ; the truth of place and time is to be considered only in the second place . Puff himself could tell the actor to turn out his toes ...
The same principle should be applied to poetry and romance . The truth of character is the first object ; the truth of place and time is to be considered only in the second place . Puff himself could tell the actor to turn out his toes ...
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