The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 17
... 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 of the man behind him ...
... 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 of the man behind him ...
Page 245
... kind of beauties , clad in the same terrors . I do not know but the occasional strokes of passion are even profounder and more Shakespearian ; but the story is more laboured , and the horror is accumulated to an overpowering and ...
... kind of beauties , clad in the same terrors . I do not know but the occasional strokes of passion are even profounder and more Shakespearian ; but the story is more laboured , and the horror is accumulated to an overpowering and ...
Page 330
... kind of quickness and life of spirit , but no soundness of matter or goodness of quality . This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school - men , who having sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and ...
... kind of quickness and life of spirit , but no soundness of matter or goodness of quality . This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the school - men , who having sharp and strong wits , and abundance of leisure , and ...
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