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For 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 ...
For 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 ...
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The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of a doubt , the hint of an inconsistency , a word , a look ...
The meanest weapons are strong enough for this kind of warfare , and the meanest hands can wield them . Spleen can subsist on any kind of food . The shadow of a doubt , the hint of an inconsistency , a word , a look ...
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As a work of genius , it may be set down as nothing , for it contains hardly a memorable line or passage ; as a work of art , and the first of its kind attempted in the language , it may be considered as a monument of the taste and ...
As a work of genius , it may be set down as nothing , for it contains hardly a memorable line or passage ; as a work of art , and the first of its kind attempted in the language , it may be considered as a monument of the taste and ...
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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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