...pathetic victim. This identification with a figure of woe helps Yorick overcome his fear of monarchy:"! was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation...gentle sensation, to fight it upon its own ground." Through the distancing medium of literature, Yorick regains his composure in an act of successful identification:"!...

...this is not walking in a vain shadow — nor does man disquiet himself in vain, by it1 — he oftener does so in trusting the issue of his commotions to...kindly and gentle sensation, to fight it upon its own ground.8 When I had got to the end of the third act, the Count de B**** entered with my Passport in...

...it at all, under any circumstances, I wish they would learn wisdom from a great author, who says, " I was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation...gentle sensation, to fight it Upon its own ground." Without any impropriety even here one may contrast what is generous and noble with what is simply base,...

...sorrow of their weary moments! " " I can safely say, that, for myself, I was never able to conquer one single bad sensation in my heart so decisively,...gentle sensation to fight it upon its own ground." " A man, who has not a sort of affection for the whole sex, is incapable of ever loving a single one...