The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 249
... extravagance , richness running riot , beauty dissolving in its own sweetness . They are like heirs just come to their estates , like lovers in the honey - moon . In the economy of nature's ' s gifts , they misuse the bounteous Pan ...
... extravagance , richness running riot , beauty dissolving in its own sweetness . They are like heirs just come to their estates , like lovers in the honey - moon . In the economy of nature's ' s gifts , they misuse the bounteous Pan ...
Page 257
... extravagance of Beaumont and Fletcher , not contented with truth or strength of description , but hurried away by the love of violent excitement into an image of disgust and horror , not called for , and not at all proper in the mouth ...
... extravagance of Beaumont and Fletcher , not contented with truth or strength of description , but hurried away by the love of violent excitement into an image of disgust and horror , not called for , and not at all proper in the mouth ...
Page 362
... extravagance of the German Muse . In Germany , where this outré style of treating every thing established and adventitious was carried to its height , there were , as we learn from the Sorrows of Werter , seven - and - twenty ranks in ...
... extravagance of the German Muse . In Germany , where this outré style of treating every thing established and adventitious was carried to its height , there were , as we learn from the Sorrows of Werter , seven - and - twenty ranks in ...
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