The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... force , and breaks out the more violently in peals of laughter . In like manner , any thing we must not think of makes us laugh , by its coming upon us by stealth and unawares , and from the very efforts we make to exclude it . A secret ...
... force , and breaks out the more violently in peals of laughter . In like manner , any thing we must not think of makes us laugh , by its coming upon us by stealth and unawares , and from the very efforts we make to exclude it . A secret ...
Page 92
... force of his own observations on books and men . He was , in the truest sense , a man of original mind , that is , he had the power of looking at things for himself , or as they really were , instead of blindly trusting to , and fondly ...
... force of his own observations on books and men . He was , in the truest sense , a man of original mind , that is , he had the power of looking at things for himself , or as they really were , instead of blindly trusting to , and fondly ...
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... force of the conception . The impression made upon the reader is the exact measure of the strength of the author's genius . For the effect , both in Caleb Williams and St. Leon , is entirely made out , neither by facts , nor dates , by ...
... force of the conception . The impression made upon the reader is the exact measure of the strength of the author's genius . For the effect , both in Caleb Williams and St. Leon , is entirely made out , neither by facts , nor dates , by ...
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