The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... sentiment , which still survives in all its fluttering grace and breathless palpitations on the stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something ...
... sentiment , which still survives in all its fluttering grace and breathless palpitations on the stage . Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself ; wit is the exposing it , by comparing or contrasting it with something ...
Page 257
... sentiment , and an evident imitation of the parenthetical interruptions and breaks in the line , corresponding to what we sometimes meet in Shakespear , as in the speeches of Leontes in the Winter's Tale ; but the sentiment is over ...
... sentiment , and an evident imitation of the parenthetical interruptions and breaks in the line , corresponding to what we sometimes meet in Shakespear , as in the speeches of Leontes in the Winter's Tale ; but the sentiment is over ...
Page 323
... sentiment . The smell of the bud of the briar ' is a double - distilled essence of sweetness : besides , there are all the other concomitant ideas of youth , beauty , and blushing modesty , which blend with and heighten the immediate ...
... sentiment . The smell of the bud of the briar ' is a double - distilled essence of sweetness : besides , there are all the other concomitant ideas of youth , beauty , and blushing modesty , which blend with and heighten the immediate ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 5 |
LECTURE II | 30 |
On Cowley Butler Suckling Etherege | 70 |
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