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Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of indifference , or an ingenious and striking exposition of those evanescent and glancing impressions of objects which affect us more from surprise or contrast to the train of our ordinary and literal ...
Wit is , in fact , the eloquence of indifference , or an ingenious and striking exposition of those evanescent and glancing impressions of objects which affect us more from surprise or contrast to the train of our ordinary and literal ...
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There are several striking dramatic contrasts in this play , where the Fox lies perdue to watch his prey , where Mosca is the dextrous go - between outwitting his gulls , his employer , and himself , and where each of the gaping legacy ...
There are several striking dramatic contrasts in this play , where the Fox lies perdue to watch his prey , where Mosca is the dextrous go - between outwitting his gulls , his employer , and himself , and where each of the gaping legacy ...
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Any thing would do to hitch into a rhyme , ' no matter whether striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague ...
Any thing would do to hitch into a rhyme , ' no matter whether striking or agreeable , or not , so that it would puzzle the reader to discover the meaning , and if there was the most remote circumstance , however trifling or vague ...
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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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