The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which is directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but vanity and affectation , in their most exorbitant and studied excesses , are the ruling principles of society , only in ...
... manners . The most pungent ridicule , is that which is directed to mortify vanity , and to expose affectation ; but vanity and affectation , in their most exorbitant and studied excesses , are the ruling principles of society , only in ...
Page 150
... manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed , and general , only while the manners of different classes are formed almost immediately by their particular circumstances , and the characters of individuals by ...
... manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed , and general , only while the manners of different classes are formed almost immediately by their particular circumstances , and the characters of individuals by ...
Page 162
... manners of the court at the time , or in the period immediately preceding , yet the same gross- ness of expression and allusion existed long before , as in the plays of Shakspeare and Ben Jonson , when there was not this grossness of ...
... manners of the court at the time , or in the period immediately preceding , yet the same gross- ness of expression and allusion existed long before , as in the plays of Shakspeare and Ben Jonson , when there was not this grossness of ...
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