The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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Page 191
... perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same method of describing the passions and fancies of men whom they met at large , which forms ...
... perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same method of describing the passions and fancies of men whom they met at large , which forms ...
Page 240
... perhaps is so , even without it . His White Devil and Duchess of Malfy , upon the whole perhaps , come the nearest to Shakespear of any thing we have upon record ; the only drawback to them , the only shade of imputation that can be ...
... perhaps is so , even without it . His White Devil and Duchess of Malfy , upon the whole perhaps , come the nearest to Shakespear of any thing we have upon record ; the only drawback to them , the only shade of imputation that can be ...
Page 346
... perhaps the finest and most genuine female character out of Shakespear . This tragedy was not critic - proof : it had its cracks and flaws and breaches , through which the enemy marched in triumphant . The station which he had chosen ...
... perhaps the finest and most genuine female character out of Shakespear . This tragedy was not critic - proof : it had its cracks and flaws and breaches , through which the enemy marched in triumphant . The station which he had chosen ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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