The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... person means one thing , and another is aiming at something else , are another great source of comic humour , on the same principle of ambiguity and contrast . There is a high - wrought instance of this in the dialogue between Aimwell ...
... person means one thing , and another is aiming at something else , are another great source of comic humour , on the same principle of ambiguity and contrast . There is a high - wrought instance of this in the dialogue between Aimwell ...
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... person . For instance , what they severally say on the subject of contemplating themselves in the glass , is a proof of this . Sir Fopling thinks a looking - glass in the room ' the best company in the world ; ' it is another self to ...
... person . For instance , what they severally say on the subject of contemplating themselves in the glass , is a proof of this . Sir Fopling thinks a looking - glass in the room ' the best company in the world ; ' it is another self to ...
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... person - the true Sir Plume of his day ; " Of amber - lidded snuff box justly vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane . ' Again we find the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the Bride , courted by the Lawyer . There is ...
... person - the true Sir Plume of his day ; " Of amber - lidded snuff box justly vain , And the nice conduct of a clouded cane . ' Again we find the same felicity in the figure and attitude of the Bride , courted by the Lawyer . There is ...
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