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Any thing is sufficient to heap contempt upon an object ; even the bare suggestion of a mischievous allusion to what is improper , dissolves the whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful .
Any thing is sufficient to heap contempt upon an object ; even the bare suggestion of a mischievous allusion to what is improper , dissolves the whole charm , and puts an end to our admiration of the sublime or beautiful .
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There is to me in the whole of this delightful performance a freshness and purity like the first breath of morning . Its sportive irony never trespasses on modesty , though it sometimes ( laughing ) threatens to do so !
There is to me in the whole of this delightful performance a freshness and purity like the first breath of morning . Its sportive irony never trespasses on modesty , though it sometimes ( laughing ) threatens to do so !
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Mr. Wilkie's pictures , generally speaking , derive almost their whole value from their reality , or the truth of the representation . They are works of · pure imitative art ; and the test of this style of composition is to represent ...
Mr. Wilkie's pictures , generally speaking , derive almost their whole value from their reality , or the truth of the representation . They are works of · pure imitative art ; and the test of this style of composition is to represent ...
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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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