The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed ...
... human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate , proud , angry animal ; and clothed ...
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... human vanity ; and the account of Gil Blas ' legacy , of the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is also deficient in the fable as well as in the characters . It is not a regularly con- structed story ; but a series of ...
... human vanity ; and the account of Gil Blas ' legacy , of the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is also deficient in the fable as well as in the characters . It is not a regularly con- structed story ; but a series of ...
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... human nature , at least of English nature ; X and masterly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them - existing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life ...
... human nature , at least of English nature ; X and masterly pictures of the characters of men as he saw them - existing . This quality distinguishes all his works , and is shown almost equally in all of them . As a painter of real life ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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