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... the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does .
... the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does .
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privileged text - books , the standing order of the day , in a University education , and leave little leisure for a competent acquaintance with , or due admiration of , a whole host of able writers of our own , who are suffered to ...
privileged text - books , the standing order of the day , in a University education , and leave little leisure for a competent acquaintance with , or due admiration of , a whole host of able writers of our own , who are suffered to ...
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... the rich and fascinating stores of the Greek and Roman mythology , and those of the romantic poetry of Spain and Italy , were eagerly explored by the curious , and thrown open in translations to the admiring gaze of the vulgar .
... the rich and fascinating stores of the Greek and Roman mythology , and those of the romantic poetry of Spain and Italy , were eagerly explored by the curious , and thrown open in translations to the admiring gaze of the vulgar .
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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 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2009 |
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