The English Writers of Tragedy are possessed with a Notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent Person in Distress, th
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A classical education, or at any rate a very extensive
acquaintance with English literature, ancient and modern, appears
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acquaintance with English literature, ancient and modern, appears
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There's no nation under the sun can beat the English for ill-politeness: for my part, I hate the very sight of them; and so I shal
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And now behold the goddess seated on her throne ... receiving the adulation of her worshipper.... An adulation, which translated i
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A nation is not a person, but it manifests certain personal traits, especially since it is a more organic phenomenon than a state.
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French rhetorical models are too narrow for the English tradition. Most pernicious of French imports is the notion that there is n
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Often the words "authority" and "power" are used interchangeably. We do so when we call government officials "the authorities." Bu
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The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the imposing personages of a splendid procession: it is by them the mob are inf
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Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic i
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Even the most incompetent English actor, coming on the stage briefly to announce the presence below of Lord and Lady Ditherege, gi
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