The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... thought Shakspeare's comedies better than his tragedies , and gives as a reason , that he was more at home in the one than in the other . That comedies should be written in a more easy and careless vein than tragedies , is but natural ...
... thought Shakspeare's comedies better than his tragedies , and gives as a reason , that he was more at home in the one than in the other . That comedies should be written in a more easy and careless vein than tragedies , is but natural ...
Page 181
... thought and language , thrown , heaped , massed together without careful polishing or exact method , but poured out in unconcerned profusion from the lap of nature and genius in boundless and unrivalled magnificence . The sweetness of ...
... thought and language , thrown , heaped , massed together without careful polishing or exact method , but poured out in unconcerned profusion from the lap of nature and genius in boundless and unrivalled magnificence . The sweetness of ...
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... thought and inquiry , and agitated the inert mass of accumulated prejudices throughout Europe . The effect of the ... thought ) to the meanest of the people . It gave them a common interest in the common cause . Their hearts burnt within ...
... thought and inquiry , and agitated the inert mass of accumulated prejudices throughout Europe . The effect of the ... thought ) to the meanest of the people . It gave them a common interest in the common cause . Their hearts burnt within ...
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