The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 85
... spirit of enjoyment , which over- flows and sparkles in all he does . He makes us laugh from pleasure oftener than from malice . He somewhere prides himself in having introduced on the stage the class of comic heroes here spoken of ...
... spirit of enjoyment , which over- flows and sparkles in all he does . He makes us laugh from pleasure oftener than from malice . He somewhere prides himself in having introduced on the stage the class of comic heroes here spoken of ...
Page 185
... spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed . ' This was old honest Deckar , and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every one who has a sense either of religion , or philosophy , or humanity , or true genius . Nor can I ...
... spirit ; The first true gentleman that ever breathed . ' This was old honest Deckar , and the lines ought to embalm his memory to every one who has a sense either of religion , or philosophy , or humanity , or true genius . Nor can I ...
Page 345
... spirit and imitated the language of our elder dramatists . Among these I may reckon the ingenious author of the Apostate and Evadne , who in the last - mentioned play , in particular , has availed himself with much judgment and spirit ...
... spirit and imitated the language of our elder dramatists . Among these I may reckon the ingenious author of the Apostate and Evadne , who in the last - mentioned play , in particular , has availed himself with much judgment and spirit ...
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