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The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse . The Critique de P'Ecole des Femmes , the dialogue of which is prose ...
The set speeches in the original play , it is true , would not be borne on the English stage , nor indeed on the French , but that they are carried off by the verse . The Critique de P'Ecole des Femmes , the dialogue of which is prose ...
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The first sprightly runnings ' are there ; it has more of the original spirit , more of the freshness and stamp of nature . The indications of character and strokes of humour are more true and frequent ; the reflections that suggest ...
The first sprightly runnings ' are there ; it has more of the original spirit , more of the freshness and stamp of nature . The indications of character and strokes of humour are more true and frequent ; the reflections that suggest ...
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They are in the best sense . originals , namely , in the sense in which nature has her originals . They are unlike any thing we have seen before - may be said to be purely ideal ; and yet identify themselves more readily with our ...
They are in the best sense . originals , namely , in the sense in which nature has her originals . They are unlike any thing we have seen before - may be said to be purely ideal ; and yet identify themselves more readily with our ...
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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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