The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
... given to the imagination by the disappointment or the discovery , in a matter of this indifference , will only vent itself in a fit of laughter . The transition here is not from one thing of importance to another , or from a state of ...
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... given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same ...
... given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same ...
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... given system ; and of the analogy of any given result or principle to others of the same kind scattered through nature or history . His observations take in a larger range , have more profundity from the fineness of his tact , and more ...
... given system ; and of the analogy of any given result or principle to others of the same kind scattered through nature or history . His observations take in a larger range , have more profundity from the fineness of his tact , and more ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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