The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 37
... period , as we may see in Vanbrugh's Lord Foppington , Sir Tunbelly Clumsy , and Miss Hoyden ; Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In ...
... period , as we may see in Vanbrugh's Lord Foppington , Sir Tunbelly Clumsy , and Miss Hoyden ; Lady Townly , Count Basset , and John Moody ; in Congreve's Millamant , Lady Wishfort , Witwoud , Sir Wilful Witwoud , and the rest . In ...
Page 122
... period . despotic countries , human nature is not of sufficient importance to be studied or described . The canaille are objects rather of disgust than curiosity ; and there are no middle classes . The works of Racine and Moliere are ...
... period . despotic countries , human nature is not of sufficient importance to be studied or described . The canaille are objects rather of disgust than curiosity ; and there are no middle classes . The works of Racine and Moliere are ...
Page 181
... period that has elapsed since . If his contemporaries , with their united strength , would hardly make one Shakespear , certain it is that all his successors would not make half a one . With the exception of a single writer , Otway ...
... period that has elapsed since . If his contemporaries , with their united strength , would hardly make one Shakespear , certain it is that all his successors would not make half a one . With the exception of a single writer , Otway ...
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