The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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... Hunt ; a good husband - see his sonnet to Mrs. Hunt ; -a good friend - see his Epistles to different people ; -and a great coxcomb and a very vulgar person in everything about him . " Hunt brought upon himself the publication of this ...
... Hunt ; a good husband - see his sonnet to Mrs. Hunt ; -a good friend - see his Epistles to different people ; -and a great coxcomb and a very vulgar person in everything about him . " Hunt brought upon himself the publication of this ...
Page 170
... Hunt as well as his opponents . There is one other failing to remember as against the praise which some have showered upon Hunt's criticism . That vulgarity with which Byron charged him . affected the mind as well as the manners , and ...
... Hunt as well as his opponents . There is one other failing to remember as against the praise which some have showered upon Hunt's criticism . That vulgarity with which Byron charged him . affected the mind as well as the manners , and ...
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... Hunt's judgment is worthless . Hence the censures of The Feast of the Poets . He was no worse than his contemporaries , but neither was he any better . The second point to re- member is that in censure , even when it is unprejudiced , Hunt ...
... Hunt's judgment is worthless . Hence the censures of The Feast of the Poets . He was no worse than his contemporaries , but neither was he any better . The second point to re- member is that in censure , even when it is unprejudiced , Hunt ...
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