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On the contrary it has appeared , that the detection and exposure of difference , particularly where this implies nice and subtle observation , as in discriminating between pretence and practice , between appearance and reality ...
On the contrary it has appeared , that the detection and exposure of difference , particularly where this implies nice and subtle observation , as in discriminating between pretence and practice , between appearance and reality ...
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Lastly , there is a wit of sense and observation , which consists in the acute illustration of good sense and practical wisdom , by means of some far - fetched conceit or quaint imagery . The matter is sense , but the form is wit .
Lastly , there is a wit of sense and observation , which consists in the acute illustration of good sense and practical wisdom , by means of some far - fetched conceit or quaint imagery . The matter is sense , but the form is wit .
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The extreme subtlety of 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 ...
The extreme subtlety of 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 ...
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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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