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Page 139
His mind takes an interest in , and it gives an interest to , the most familiar scenes and transactions of life . He professedly gives character , thought , and passion , in their lowest degrees , and in their every - day forms .
His mind takes an interest in , and it gives an interest to , the most familiar scenes and transactions of life . He professedly gives character , thought , and passion , in their lowest degrees , and in their every - day forms .
Page 146
There are things which are cognisable only to sense , which interest only our more immediate instincts and passions ; the want ... which to be grand must extend beyond ourselves to others , and our interests in which must be refined in ...
There are things which are cognisable only to sense , which interest only our more immediate instincts and passions ; the want ... which to be grand must extend beyond ourselves to others , and our interests in which must be refined in ...
Page 147
The whole is intensely personal and local : but the interest of the ideal and poetical style of art , relates to more permanent and universal objects ; and the characters and forms must be such as to correspond with and sustain that ...
The whole is intensely personal and local : but the interest of the ideal and poetical style of art , relates to more permanent and universal objects ; and the characters and forms must be such as to correspond with and sustain that ...
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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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