 Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that...  Yesterday and To-day - Página 230por Cyrus Redding - 1863Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...that suffered by a few conspicuous individuals : " He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird." "His hero or his heroine must be a tragedy victim expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliding into death in the silenceofadungeon." Burke's lamentation over... | |
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