The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... writers , unless we make a separate class for the school of Cumberland , who was almost entirely devoted to the comedie larmoyante , and who , passing from the light , volatile spirit of his West ... writer 166 LECTURES ON THE COMIC WRITERS.
... writers , unless we make a separate class for the school of Cumberland , who was almost entirely devoted to the comedie larmoyante , and who , passing from the light , volatile spirit of his West ... writer 166 LECTURES ON THE COMIC WRITERS.
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... writers ( as much as can be ) vouchers for their own pretensions , which they are well able to make good . I shall ... Writers in their life - time do all they can to degrade and vilify one another , and expect posterity to have a very ...
... writers ( as much as can be ) vouchers for their own pretensions , which they are well able to make good . I shall ... Writers in their life - time do all they can to degrade and vilify one another , and expect posterity to have a very ...
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... writers . I lent him about a dozen volumes , comprehending the finest of the old plays ; and he then went down to Winterslow Hut , in Wiltshire , and after a stay of six weeks came back to London , fully impregnated with the subject ...
... writers . I lent him about a dozen volumes , comprehending the finest of the old plays ; and he then went down to Winterslow Hut , in Wiltshire , and after a stay of six weeks came back to London , fully impregnated with the subject ...
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