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Page 25
—I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a pantomime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . ' I look upon it , that he who invented ...
—I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a pantomime better than a farce , but a puppet - show best of all . ' I look upon it , that he who invented ...
Page 49
... and natural fool : the Copper Captain is sterling to this hour : his mistress , Estifania , only died the other day with Mrs. Jordan : and the two grotesque females , in the same play , act better than the Witches in Macbeth .
... and natural fool : the Copper Captain is sterling to this hour : his mistress , Estifania , only died the other day with Mrs. Jordan : and the two grotesque females , in the same play , act better than the Witches in Macbeth .
Page 78
No one can read this play attentively without being the better for it as long as he lives . It penetrates to the core ; it shews the immorality and hateful effects of duplicity , by shewing it fixing its harpy fangs in the heart of an ...
No one can read this play attentively without being the better for it as long as he lives . It penetrates to the core ; it shews the immorality and hateful effects of duplicity , by shewing it fixing its harpy fangs in the heart of an ...
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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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