The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 90
... common sense . - Secondly , That the stage cannot shock common decency , according to the notions that prevail of it in any age or country , because the exhibition is public . If the pulpit , for instance , had banished all vice and ...
... common sense . - Secondly , That the stage cannot shock common decency , according to the notions that prevail of it in any age or country , because the exhibition is public . If the pulpit , for instance , had banished all vice and ...
Page 101
... common - place : neither ideas nor expressions are trite or vulgar because they are not quite new . They are valuable , and ought to be repeated , if they have not become quite common ; and Johnson's style both of reasoning and imagery ...
... common - place : neither ideas nor expressions are trite or vulgar because they are not quite new . They are valuable , and ought to be repeated , if they have not become quite common ; and Johnson's style both of reasoning and imagery ...
Page 229
... Common news ? Why , common words are , God save ye , fare ye well : common actions , flattery and cozenage : common things , women and cuckolds . ' Act I. Scene 3 . : In reading all this , one is somehow reminded perpetually of Mr ...
... Common news ? Why , common words are , God save ye , fare ye well : common actions , flattery and cozenage : common things , women and cuckolds . ' Act I. Scene 3 . : In reading all this , one is somehow reminded perpetually of Mr ...
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