The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... scene is a desolate island ; and the characters the most new and singular that can well be con- ceived ; a prince who practises magic , an attendant spirit , a monster the son of a witch , and a young lady who had been brought to this ...
... scene is a desolate island ; and the characters the most new and singular that can well be con- ceived ; a prince who practises magic , an attendant spirit , a monster the son of a witch , and a young lady who had been brought to this ...
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which intimate that the tempest described in the preceding scene , was the effect of Prospero's power . The manner in which he was driven from his duke- dom of Milan , and landed afterwards on this soli- tary island , accompanied only ...
which intimate that the tempest described in the preceding scene , was the effect of Prospero's power . The manner in which he was driven from his duke- dom of Milan , and landed afterwards on this soli- tary island , accompanied only ...
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... scenes thus perpetually changing , who cannot catch some of the figures before they are made vulgar by reiterated descriptions . It has been discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but ...
... scenes thus perpetually changing , who cannot catch some of the figures before they are made vulgar by reiterated descriptions . It has been discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but ...
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... scene , to moralize on the dissolution of all things : - -These our actors , As I foretold you , were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air : And , like the baseless fabric of this vision , The cloud - capp'd towers ...
... scene , to moralize on the dissolution of all things : - -These our actors , As I foretold you , were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air : And , like the baseless fabric of this vision , The cloud - capp'd towers ...
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... scene that was now placed before me , in which there were innumerable objects that I never conceived to exist , rendered me attentive and credulous ; peculiarities , which , with- out a provincial accent , a slouch in my gait , a long ...
... scene that was now placed before me , in which there were innumerable objects that I never conceived to exist , rendered me attentive and credulous ; peculiarities , which , with- out a provincial accent , a slouch in my gait , a long ...
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