The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 146
... passion , the serious and the comic , in a word , of nature , as it fell within his own observation , or came within the sphere of his actual experience ; but he had little power beyond that sphere , or sympathy with that which existed ...
... passion , the serious and the comic , in a word , of nature , as it fell within his own observation , or came within the sphere of his actual experience ; but he had little power beyond that sphere , or sympathy with that which existed ...
Page 347
... passion , or imagination growing out of real passion and the circum- stances of the speaker , it deals only in vague , imposing , and laboured declamations , or descriptions of nature , dissertations on the passions , and pompous ...
... passion , or imagination growing out of real passion and the circum- stances of the speaker , it deals only in vague , imposing , and laboured declamations , or descriptions of nature , dissertations on the passions , and pompous ...
Page 352
... passion or misfortune . That of the ancients was to shew how the greatest crimes could be perpetrated with the least remorse , and the greatest calamities borne with the least emotion . Firmness of purpose and calmness of sentiment are ...
... passion or misfortune . That of the ancients was to shew how the greatest crimes could be perpetrated with the least remorse , and the greatest calamities borne with the least emotion . Firmness of purpose and calmness of sentiment are ...
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