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The reason why more slight and partial , or merely accidental and nominal resemblances serve the purposes of wit , and indeed characterise its essence as a distinct operation and faculty of the mind , is , that the object of ludicrous ...
The reason why more slight and partial , or merely accidental and nominal resemblances serve the purposes of wit , and indeed characterise its essence as a distinct operation and faculty of the mind , is , that the object of ludicrous ...
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... or over a favourite object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : ' whereas ... things by a multiplicity of objects , and producing , not enthusiasm , but fastidiousness or giddy dissipation .
... or over a favourite object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : ' whereas ... things by a multiplicity of objects , and producing , not enthusiasm , but fastidiousness or giddy dissipation .
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The object of the poetry of the passions again is to illustrate any strong feeling , by shewing the same feeling as connected with objects or circum- stances more palpable and touching ; but here the object was to strain and distort the ...
The object of the poetry of the passions again is to illustrate any strong feeling , by shewing the same feeling as connected with objects or circum- stances more palpable and touching ; but here the object was to strain and distort the ...
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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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