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We overlook the farce and mummery of human life in little , and for nothing ; and what is still better , it costs ... -I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a ...
We overlook the farce and mummery of human life in little , and for nothing ; and what is still better , it costs ... -I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a ...
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... and natural fool : the Copper Captain is sterling to this hour : his mistress , Estifania , only died the other day with Mrs. Jordan : and the two grotesque females , in the same play , act better than the Witches in Macbeth .
... and natural fool : the Copper Captain is sterling to this hour : his mistress , Estifania , only died the other day with Mrs. Jordan : and the two grotesque females , in the same play , act better than the Witches in Macbeth .
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London , a hundred years ago , would be much better worth seeing than Paris at the present moment . It will be said , that all this is to be found , in the same or a greater degree , in the Spectator . For myself , I do not think so ...
London , a hundred years ago , would be much better worth seeing than Paris at the present moment . It will be said , that all this is to be found , in the same or a greater degree , in the Spectator . For myself , I do not think so ...
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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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