The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 354
... tragedy which fairly throws nature open to you . It is tragedy in masquerade . We never get beyond conjecture and reasoning - beyond the general impression of the situation of the persons - beyond general reflections on their passions ...
... tragedy which fairly throws nature open to you . It is tragedy in masquerade . We never get beyond conjecture and reasoning - beyond the general impression of the situation of the persons - beyond general reflections on their passions ...
Page 360
... tragedy ( and our own , which is only a branch of it ) aims at effect , and produces it often in the highest degree ; and it does this by going all the lengths not only of instinctive feeling , but of speculative opinion , and startling ...
... tragedy ( and our own , which is only a branch of it ) aims at effect , and produces it often in the highest degree ; and it does this by going all the lengths not only of instinctive feeling , but of speculative opinion , and startling ...
Page 401
... tragedy ( 1756 ) by John Home ( 1724-1808 ) . For a more extended criticism by Hazlitt see his introduction to the play in Oxberry's New English Drama , in vol . ix . of the present edition . ยท 360. Decorum is the principal thing ...
... tragedy ( 1756 ) by John Home ( 1724-1808 ) . For a more extended criticism by Hazlitt see his introduction to the play in Oxberry's New English Drama , in vol . ix . of the present edition . ยท 360. Decorum is the principal thing ...
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