The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter.1 The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter.1 The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
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... given him on purpose by the author , is hard to conceive . This play was Dryden's favourite . It is indeed full of sharp , biting sentences against the women , of which he was fond . The following may serve as a specimen . Truewit says ...
... given him on purpose by the author , is hard to conceive . This play was Dryden's favourite . It is indeed full of sharp , biting sentences against the women , of which he was fond . The following may serve as a specimen . Truewit says ...
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... given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same ...
... given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same ...
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