The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 23
... object of ludicrous poetry is naturally to let down and lessen ; and it is easier to let down than to raise up , to weaken than to strengthen , to dis- connect our sympathy from passion and power , than to attach and rivet it to any object ...
... object of ludicrous poetry is naturally to let down and lessen ; and it is easier to let down than to raise up , to weaken than to strengthen , to dis- connect our sympathy from passion and power , than to attach and rivet it to any object ...
Page 37
... object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : ' whereas the refinements of this passion in genteel comedy , or in every - day life , may be said to arise out of repeated observation and experience ...
... object , where ' love's golden shaft hath killed the flock of all affections else : ' whereas the refinements of this passion in genteel comedy , or in every - day life , may be said to arise out of repeated observation and experience ...
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... object of the poetry of the passions again is to illustrate any strong feeling , by shewing the same feeling as connected with objects or circum- stances more palpable and touching ; but here the object was to strain and distort the ...
... object of the poetry of the passions again is to illustrate any strong feeling , by shewing the same feeling as connected with objects or circum- stances more palpable and touching ; but here the object was to strain and distort the ...
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LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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