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Elements Of Criticism (Vol. 2) — Basil: Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1795 [VD18 90784596]

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Ch. XVI. SENT! M E N T S.

cool spedbtor, and undertakes to instrucl the by-
standers how a queen ought to behave on such an
occasion :
Viriate. Il m'en fait Voir ensemble , 8c 1’auteur, Sc
la cause.
Par c£t assassinat c’est de moi qu’on dispose,
C est mon trone, c'est moi qu’on pretend conquerir;
Et c’est mon juste choix qui leal l’a fait peril.
Madame, apres sa perte , Sc parmi ces alarmes ,
N’attendez point de moi de foupirs, hi de larmes;
Ce sont amusemens que dedaigne ailement
Le prompt Sc noble osgueil d’un vis ressentimenn
Qui plcure, I’affoiblit; qui soupire , 1’exhale:
Il faut plus de fierte dans une ame royale ;
ft ma douleur soumise aux loins de le vcnger, See.
AEt 3,
So much in general upon the genuine sentirrients
of passion. I proceed to particular observations.
And, strst, passions seldom continue uniform any
Considerable time ; they generally fluctuate, swel.
ling and subsiding by turns, often in a quick suc-
cessiou6; and the sentimerits cannot be just un-
less they correspond to such sludluation. Accor-
dingly, a climax never Blows better than in ex-
presling a iwelling passion: ssie following passages
may sussice sor an illustration.
Oroonok'o. ----Can you raise the dead?
Pursue and overtake the wings of time?
 
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