The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... observation , as in discriminating between pretence and practice , 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 ...
... observation , as in discriminating between pretence and practice , 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 ...
Page 85
... observation on human nature ; Vanbrugh's , for his power of farcical description and telling a story ; Farquhar's , for the pleasure of his society , and the love of good fellowship . His fine gentlemen are not gentlemen of fortune and ...
... observation on human nature ; Vanbrugh's , for his power of farcical description and telling a story ; Farquhar's , for the pleasure of his society , and the love of good fellowship . His fine gentlemen are not gentlemen of fortune and ...
Page 113
... observation on the springs of human conduct in ordinary characters , is only equalled by the ingenuity of contrivance in bringing those springs into play , in such a manner as to lay open their smallest irregularity . The detection is ...
... observation on the springs of human conduct in ordinary characters , is only equalled by the ingenuity of contrivance in bringing those springs into play , in such a manner as to lay open their smallest irregularity . The detection is ...
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