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wonderful facility and elegance , in a style of familiar dramatic dialogue approaching nearer the writers of Queen Anne's reign than those of Queen Elizabeth's . Milton's name is included by Dr. Johnson in the list of metaphysical poets ...
wonderful facility and elegance , in a style of familiar dramatic dialogue approaching nearer the writers of Queen Anne's reign than those of Queen Elizabeth's . Milton's name is included by Dr. Johnson in the list of metaphysical poets ...
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His style is inimitable , nay perfect . It is the highest model of comic dialogue . Every sentence is replete with sense and satire , conveyed in the most polished and pointed terms . Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits ...
His style is inimitable , nay perfect . It is the highest model of comic dialogue . Every sentence is replete with sense and satire , conveyed in the most polished and pointed terms . Every page presents a shower of brilliant conceits ...
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Dr. Johnson's style , on the contrary , resembles rather the rumbling of mimic thunder at one of our theatres ; and the ligh he throws upon a subject is like the dazzling effect of phosphorus , or an ignis fatuus of words .
Dr. Johnson's style , on the contrary , resembles rather the rumbling of mimic thunder at one of our theatres ; and the ligh he throws upon a subject is like the dazzling effect of phosphorus , or an ignis fatuus of words .
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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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