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For instance , in the first kind , Mr. Sheridan's description of Mr. Addington's administration as the fag - end of Mr. Pitt's , who had remained so long on the treasury bench that , like Nicias in the fable , ' he left the sitting part ...
For instance , in the first kind , Mr. Sheridan's description of Mr. Addington's administration as the fag - end of Mr. Pitt's , who had remained so long on the treasury bench that , like Nicias in the fable , ' he left the sitting part ...
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Cowley is an instance of the same kind in almost all his writings . Many of the jests and witticisms in the best comedies are moral aphorisms and rules for the conduct of life , sparkling with wit and fancy in the mode of expression 24 ...
Cowley is an instance of the same kind in almost all his writings . Many of the jests and witticisms in the best comedies are moral aphorisms and rules for the conduct of life , sparkling with wit and fancy in the mode of expression 24 ...
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This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school - men , who having sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading ; but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors ...
This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school - men , who having sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and small variety of reading ; but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors ...
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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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