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" Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish in the mind ; and fix the audience in such a serious composure of thought, as is much more lasting and delightful than any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. "
The Classical Journal - Page 316
1821
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...people, and carried away the prize in the public disputes of the stage, from those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find, that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII].

English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...people, and carried away the prize in the public disputes of the stage, from those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish in the mind; and fix the audience jn such a serious composure of thought, as is much more lasting and delightful than any little transient...
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The British Essayists, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...people, and carried away the prize in the public disputes of the stage, from those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find, that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...leaye a pleasing anguish iit Ihe minxt; and fix the andience in such a serious composure of thought' Ba is much more lasting and delightful than any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find, that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 394 pages
...people, and carried away the prize, in the public disputes of the stage, from, those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find, that more of our English tragedics have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 412 pages
...from thoHC that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish in the mind; und lix the audience in such a serious composure of thought, as is much more lusting and delight* ful than any little transient starts of joy und satisfaction. Accordingly we find,...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...people, and carried away the prize in the public disputes of the stage, from those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly, we find that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 4

1811 - 530 pages
...preliminary reasoning is too long for admission now, but what immediately relates to Lear, is as follows: " Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...little " transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly we find that " more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the fa" vourites...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...people, and carried away the prize in the public disputes of the stage, from those that ended happily. Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish...any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction. Accordingly, we find that more of our English tragedies have succeeded, in which the favourites of...
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The History of Clarissa Harlowe: In a Series of Letters, Volume 8

Samuel Richardson - English fiction - 1811 - 460 pages
...those which ' ended unhappily had always pleased the people, and ' Terror and commiseration leave & pleasing anguish in ' the mind, and fix the audience in such a serious compo. ' sure of thought, as is much more lasting and delightful, ' than any little transient starts...
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