The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... original genius , is , in my judgment , the masterpiece of Moliere . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse ...
... original genius , is , in my judgment , the masterpiece of Moliere . The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse ...
Page 110
... originals , namely , in the sense in which nature has her originals . They are unlike any thing we have seen before ... original work in its kind , and that the author claims the highest honour which can belong to one , that of being ...
... originals , namely , in the sense in which nature has her originals . They are unlike any thing we have seen before ... original work in its kind , and that the author claims the highest honour which can belong to one , that of being ...
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... original vein of genius ; and have all the parts of a good comedy in degree , without having any one prominent , or to excess . The character of Ranger , in the Suspicious Husband , is only a variation of those of Farquhar , of the same ...
... original vein of genius ; and have all the parts of a good comedy in degree , without having any one prominent , or to excess . The character of Ranger , in the Suspicious Husband , is only a variation of those of Farquhar , of the same ...
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