The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 32
... poet greatly prevail over the mere wit and satire , and that we sympathise with his characters oftener than we laugh at them . His ridicule wants the sting of ill- nature . He had hardly such a thing as spleen in his composition ...
... poet greatly prevail over the mere wit and satire , and that we sympathise with his characters oftener than we laugh at them . His ridicule wants the sting of ill- nature . He had hardly such a thing as spleen in his composition ...
Page 311
... Poets whom I shall mention , and who properly belong to the age immediately following , were William Brown , Carew , Crashaw , Herrick , and Marvell . Brown was a pastoral poet , with much natural tenderness and sweetness , and a good ...
... Poets whom I shall mention , and who properly belong to the age immediately following , were William Brown , Carew , Crashaw , Herrick , and Marvell . Brown was a pastoral poet , with much natural tenderness and sweetness , and a good ...
Page 354
... poet identifies the reader with the characters he represents ; the French poet only identifies him with himself . There is scarcely a single page of their tragedy which fairly throws nature open to you . It is tragedy in masquerade . We ...
... poet identifies the reader with the characters he represents ; the French poet only identifies him with himself . There is scarcely a single page of their tragedy which fairly throws nature open to you . It is tragedy in masquerade . We ...
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