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Page 19
... between appearance and reality , is common to wit and satire with judgment and reasoning , and certainly the comparing and connecting our ideas together is an essential part of reason and judgment , as well as of wit and fancy.
... between appearance and reality , is common to wit and satire with judgment and reasoning , and certainly the comparing and connecting our ideas together is an essential part of reason and judgment , as well as of wit and fancy.
Page 36
For instance , Sir Andrew Aguecheek is evidently a creature of the poet's own fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head ...
For instance , Sir Andrew Aguecheek is evidently a creature of the poet's own fancy . The author lends occasion to his absurdity to shew itself as much as he pleases , devises antics for him which would not enter into his own head ...
Page 254
The author has in it given a loose to his fancy , and his fancy was his most delightful and genial quality , where , to use his own words , ' He takes most ease , and grows ambitious Thro ' his own wanton fire and pride delicious .
The author has in it given a loose to his fancy , and his fancy was his most delightful and genial quality , where , to use his own words , ' He takes most ease , and grows ambitious Thro ' his own wanton fire and pride delicious .
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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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