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... the inimitable story of the Impertinent Barber himself , one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible , teasing , deliberate , yet unmeaning folly , his wearing out the patience of the young gentleman whom ...
... the inimitable story of the Impertinent Barber himself , one of the seven , and worthy to be so ; his pertinacious , incredible , teasing , deliberate , yet unmeaning folly , his wearing out the patience of the young gentleman whom ...
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I cannot agree that this exactness of detail produces heaviness ; on the contrary , it gives an appearance of truth , and a positive interest to the story ; and we listen with the same attention as we should to the particulars of a ...
I cannot agree that this exactness of detail produces heaviness ; on the contrary , it gives an appearance of truth , and a positive interest to the story ; and we listen with the same attention as we should to the particulars of a ...
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The story in both is classical , and the execution is for the most part elegant and simple . There is often something that reminds one of the graceful communicativeness of Lucian or of Apuleius , from whom one of the stories is borrowed ...
The story in both is classical , and the execution is for the most part elegant and simple . There is often something that reminds one of the graceful communicativeness of Lucian or of Apuleius , from whom one of the stories is borrowed ...
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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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