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 3161821Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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