The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 14
... pleasure and idle gallantry . Half the business and gaiety of comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , difficulties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , decep- tions , blunders , disappointments , successes ...
... pleasure and idle gallantry . Half the business and gaiety of comedy turns upon this . Most of the adventures , difficulties , demurs , hair - breadth ' scapes , disguises , decep- tions , blunders , disappointments , successes ...
Page 72
... pleasure ; and my only pleasure was to please this lady , ' - are alike admirable . The peremptory bluntness and exaggerated descriptions of Sir Sampson Legend are in a vein truly oriental , with a Shakespearian cast of language , and ...
... pleasure ; and my only pleasure was to please this lady , ' - are alike admirable . The peremptory bluntness and exaggerated descriptions of Sir Sampson Legend are in a vein truly oriental , with a Shakespearian cast of language , and ...
Page 381
... Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find . ' ' The handwriting on the wall . ' Daniel , v . 5 . Wordsworth , Stray Pleasures . 145. Insisted on by Sir Joshua Reynolds . See Table - Talk ...
... Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find . ' ' The handwriting on the wall . ' Daniel , v . 5 . Wordsworth , Stray Pleasures . 145. Insisted on by Sir Joshua Reynolds . See Table - Talk ...
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