The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Lectures on the English comic writers. A view of the English stage. Dramatic essays from 'The London magazine.'J.M. Dent & Company, 1903 |
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... less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
... less , the mean more light and worthless ; or to divert our admiration or wean our affections from that which is lofty and impressive , instead of producing a more intense admiration and exalted passion , as poetry does . Wit may ...
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... less surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth makes the greatest libel ; and it is ...
... less surprising , in proportion as the thought suggested is more com- plete and satisfactory , from its being inherent in the nature of the things themselves . Hæret lateri lethalis arundo . Truth makes the greatest libel ; and it is ...
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... less amusing description sometimes march off with the wrongs and rights of mankind in their pockets ! -- I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a ...
... less amusing description sometimes march off with the wrongs and rights of mankind in their pockets ! -- I have heard no bad judge of such matters say , that he liked a comedy better than a tragedy , a farce better than a comedy , a ...
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... less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof , than to make a portrait of Proteus , or to define the figure of fleeting air . Some- times it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or in seasonable application of a trivial ...
... less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof , than to make a portrait of Proteus , or to define the figure of fleeting air . Some- times it lieth in pat allusion to a known story , or in seasonable application of a trivial ...
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... less scurvily , for he has treated him most scurvily both as to wit and argument . His Plutus and his Birds are striking instances , the one of dry humour , the other of airy fancy . - Lucian is a writer who appears to deserve his full ...
... less scurvily , for he has treated him most scurvily both as to wit and argument . His Plutus and his Birds are striking instances , the one of dry humour , the other of airy fancy . - Lucian is a writer who appears to deserve his full ...
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الصفحة 512 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
الصفحة 210 - O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From this world-wearied flesh.
الصفحة 207 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf : And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
الصفحة 55 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
الصفحة 450 - Methinks I should know you and know this man; yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant what place this is, and all the skill I have remembers not these garments; nor I know not where I did lodge last night.
الصفحة 449 - Tom? whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and through flame, through ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire; that hath laid knives under his pillow, and halters in his pew...
الصفحة 471 - Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep.
الصفحة 276 - All schooldays' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key, As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds Had been incorporate. So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted But yet an union in partition...
الصفحة 19 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
الصفحة 16 - The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn...