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He has humour , character , and invention , in common with the other , with a more unaffected gaiety and spirit of enjoyment , which overflows and sparkles in all he does . He makes us laugh from pleasure oftener than from malice .
He has humour , character , and invention , in common with the other , with a more unaffected gaiety and spirit of enjoyment , which overflows and sparkles in all he does . He makes us laugh from pleasure oftener than from malice .
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Nor can I help thinking , that we may discern the traces of the influence exerted by religious faith in the spirit of the poetry of the age of Elizabeth , in the means of exciting terror and pity , in the delineation of the passions of ...
Nor can I help thinking , that we may discern the traces of the influence exerted by religious faith in the spirit of the poetry of the age of Elizabeth , in the means of exciting terror and pity , in the delineation of the passions of ...
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( A Spirit descends in the shape of a Cat ) . ( Above ) . There's one come down to fetch his dues ; A kiss , a coll , a sip of blood ; And why thou stay'st so long , I muse , I muse , Since th ' air's so sweet and good ?
( A Spirit descends in the shape of a Cat ) . ( Above ) . There's one come down to fetch his dues ; A kiss , a coll , a sip of blood ; And why thou stay'st so long , I muse , I muse , Since th ' air's so sweet and good ?
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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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