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Lucian is a writer who appears to deserve his full fame : he has the licentious and extravagant wit of Rabelais , but directed more uniformly to a purpose ; and his comic productions are interspersed with beautiful and eloquent ...
Lucian is a writer who appears to deserve his full fame : he has the licentious and extravagant wit of Rabelais , but directed more uniformly to a purpose ; and his comic productions are interspersed with beautiful and eloquent ...
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The genuine source of comic writing , ' Where it must live , or have no life at all , ' is undoubtedly to be found in the distinguishing peculiarities of men and manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed ...
The genuine source of comic writing , ' Where it must live , or have no life at all , ' is undoubtedly to be found in the distinguishing peculiarities of men and manners . Now this distinction can subsist , so as to be strong , pointed ...
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In this theory I have , at least , the authority of Sterne and the Tatler on my side , who attribute the greater variety and richness of comic excellence in our writers , to the greater variety and distinctness of character among ...
In this theory I have , at least , the authority of Sterne and the Tatler on my side , who attribute the greater variety and richness of comic excellence in our writers , to the greater variety and distinctness of character among ...
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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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