The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 82
... Lord Foppington , in the Relapse , is a most splendid caricature : he is a personification of the foppery and folly of dress and external appearance in full feather . He blazes out and dazzles sober reason with ridiculous ostentation ...
... Lord Foppington , in the Relapse , is a most splendid caricature : he is a personification of the foppery and folly of dress and external appearance in full feather . He blazes out and dazzles sober reason with ridiculous ostentation ...
Page 159
... Lord Grizzle is prodigious . What a name , and what a person ! It has been said of this ingenious actor , that he is very great in Liston ; ' but he is even greater in Lord Grizzle . What a wig is that he wears ! How flighty , flaunting ...
... Lord Grizzle is prodigious . What a name , and what a person ! It has been said of this ingenious actor , that he is very great in Liston ; ' but he is even greater in Lord Grizzle . What a wig is that he wears ! How flighty , flaunting ...
Page 326
... LORD BACON'S WORKS - COMPARED AS TO STYLE WITH SIR THOMAS BROWN AND JEREMY TAYLOR . LORD BACON has been called ( and justly ) one of the wisest of mankind . The word wisdom characterises him more than any other . It was not that he did ...
... LORD BACON'S WORKS - COMPARED AS TO STYLE WITH SIR THOMAS BROWN AND JEREMY TAYLOR . LORD BACON has been called ( and justly ) one of the wisest of mankind . The word wisdom characterises him more than any other . It was not that he did ...
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