The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... instance , in the first kind , Mr. Sheridan's description of Mr. Addington's administration as the fag - end of Mr. Pitt's , who had remained so long on the treasury bench that , like Nicias in the fable , ' he left the sitting part of ...
... instance , in the first kind , Mr. Sheridan's description of Mr. Addington's administration as the fag - end of Mr. Pitt's , who had remained so long on the treasury bench that , like Nicias in the fable , ' he left the sitting part of ...
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... instance in point ( I do not know which were the cleverest ) ; and the best of the Rejected Addresses is the parody on Crabbe , though I do not certainly think that Crabbe is the most ridiculous poet now living . Lear and the Fool are ...
... instance in point ( I do not know which were the cleverest ) ; and the best of the Rejected Addresses is the parody on Crabbe , though I do not certainly think that Crabbe is the most ridiculous poet now living . Lear and the Fool are ...
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... instance which , if Í would , I could not get over . He is the leviathan of all the creatures of the author's comic genius , and tumbles about his un- wieldy bulk in an ocean of wit and humour . ' But in general it will be found ( if I ...
... instance which , if Í would , I could not get over . He is the leviathan of all the creatures of the author's comic genius , and tumbles about his un- wieldy bulk in an ocean of wit and humour . ' But in general it will be found ( if I ...
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LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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