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... fear of partiality or offence that it was a very evil spirit . Criticism de- generated into mere horse - play and ruffianism , and resembled nothing so much as a town and gown fight carried to regrettable extremes . The Tory " gownsmen ...
... fear of partiality or offence that it was a very evil spirit . Criticism de- generated into mere horse - play and ruffianism , and resembled nothing so much as a town and gown fight carried to regrettable extremes . The Tory " gownsmen ...
Page xix
... any critic , Hazlitt's practice squares with this hypothesis , and it is to this fact , we take it , that he owes the secret of his special charm . He approached his author without fear or prejudice ; he read INTRODUCTION xix.
... any critic , Hazlitt's practice squares with this hypothesis , and it is to this fact , we take it , that he owes the secret of his special charm . He approached his author without fear or prejudice ; he read INTRODUCTION xix.
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William Hazlitt John Hay Lobban. approached his author without fear or prejudice ; he read his works with an alert and acute mind ; nothing that is beautiful as literature or subtle as philosophy escaped him ; and while the zest of the ...
William Hazlitt John Hay Lobban. approached his author without fear or prejudice ; he read his works with an alert and acute mind ; nothing that is beautiful as literature or subtle as philosophy escaped him ; and while the zest of the ...
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... fear , has forgot Britain . " Her readiness to pardon lachimo's false imputations and his designs against herself , is a good lesson to prudes ; and may shew that where there is a real attachment to virtue , it has no need to bolster ...
... fear , has forgot Britain . " Her readiness to pardon lachimo's false imputations and his designs against herself , is a good lesson to prudes ; and may shew that where there is a real attachment to virtue , it has no need to bolster ...
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... Fear and niceness , The handmaids of all women , or more truly , Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in gibes , quick - answer'd , saucy , and As quarrelous as the weazel " - she interrupts him hastily- " Nay , be ...
... Fear and niceness , The handmaids of all women , or more truly , Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in gibes , quick - answer'd , saucy , and As quarrelous as the weazel " - she interrupts him hastily- " Nay , be ...
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