The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... folly , and spends its venom upon vice . 6 The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of ...
... folly , and spends its venom upon vice . 6 The fault , then , of Shakspeare's comic Muse is , in my opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of ...
Page 151
... folly , and we prevent the ridicule directed at our habitual foibles by laughing at them ourselves . If it be said , that there is the same fund of absurdity and prejudice in the world as ever - that there are the same unaccountable per ...
... folly , and we prevent the ridicule directed at our habitual foibles by laughing at them ourselves . If it be said , that there is the same fund of absurdity and prejudice in the world as ever - that there are the same unaccountable per ...
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... folly : There's nought in this life sweet , If man were wise to see ' t , But only melancholy , Oh , sweetest melancholy . Welcome folded arms and fixed eyes , A sight that piercing mortifies ; A look that's fasten'd to the ground , A ...
... folly : There's nought in this life sweet , If man were wise to see ' t , But only melancholy , Oh , sweetest melancholy . Welcome folded arms and fixed eyes , A sight that piercing mortifies ; A look that's fasten'd to the ground , A ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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