The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 197
... Endymion , of Alexander and Campaspe , and of the comedy of Mother Bombie . Of the last it may be said , that it is very much what its name would import , old , quaint , and vulgar . I may here observe , once for all , that I would not ...
... Endymion , of Alexander and Campaspe , and of the comedy of Mother Bombie . Of the last it may be said , that it is very much what its name would import , old , quaint , and vulgar . I may here observe , once for all , that I would not ...
Page 198
... Endymion , an affected , blustering , talkative , cowardly pretender , treads too near upon blank stupidity and downright want of common sense , to be admissible as a butt for satire . Shakespear has contrived to clothe the lamentable ...
... Endymion , an affected , blustering , talkative , cowardly pretender , treads too near upon blank stupidity and downright want of common sense , to be admissible as a butt for satire . Shakespear has contrived to clothe the lamentable ...
Page 200
... Endymion , Endymion , art thou deaf or dumb ? Or hath this long sleep taken away thy memory ? Ah ! my sweet Endymion , seest thou not Eumenides , thy faithful friend , thy faithful Eumenides , who for thy sake hath been careless of his ...
... Endymion , Endymion , art thou deaf or dumb ? Or hath this long sleep taken away thy memory ? Ah ! my sweet Endymion , seest thou not Eumenides , thy faithful friend , thy faithful Eumenides , who for thy sake hath been careless of his ...
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