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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 .
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His 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 !
His 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 !
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LECTURE VII CHARACTER OF LORD BACON'S WORKS AS TO STYLE WITH SIR THOMAS BROWN AND JEREMY TAYLOR . - COMPARED LORD BACON has been called ( and justly ) one of the wisest of mankind . The word wisdom characterises him more than any other ...
LECTURE VII CHARACTER OF LORD BACON'S WORKS AS TO STYLE WITH SIR THOMAS BROWN AND JEREMY TAYLOR . - COMPARED LORD BACON has been called ( and justly ) one of the wisest of mankind . The word wisdom characterises him more than any other ...
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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 California |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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