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... all the interim is Like a phantasma , or a hideous dream : The genius , and the mortal instruments , Are then in council ; and the state of man , Like to a little kingdom , suffers then The nature of an insurrection .
... all the interim is Like a phantasma , or a hideous dream : The genius , and the mortal instruments , Are then in council ; and the state of man , Like to a little kingdom , suffers then The nature of an insurrection .
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| Titel | A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Bohn's standard library |
| Auteur | August Wilhelm von Schlegel |
| Editie | 2, herzien |
| Uitgever | Henry G. Bohn, 1846 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 30 maart 2006 |
| Lengte | 535 pagina's |
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