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JOHNSON 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 ...
JOHNSON 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 ...
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The sweetness of Deckar , the thought of Marston , the gravity of Chapman , the grace of Fletcher and his young - eyed wit , Jonson's learned sock , the flowing vein of Middleton , Heywood's ease , the pathos of Webster , and Marlow's ...
The sweetness of Deckar , the thought of Marston , the gravity of Chapman , the grace of Fletcher and his young - eyed wit , Jonson's learned sock , the flowing vein of Middleton , Heywood's ease , the pathos of Webster , and Marlow's ...
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event gave a mighty impulse and increased activity to thought and inquiry , and agitated the inert mass of accumulated prejudices throughout Europe . The effect of the concussion was general ; but the shock was greatest in this country ...
event gave a mighty impulse and increased activity to thought and inquiry , and agitated the inert mass of accumulated prejudices throughout Europe . The effect of the concussion was general ; but the shock was greatest in this country ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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