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William Hazlitt. in full cry, and they were not clement in their triumph. It is not easy, even on the evidence before us, to realize that a number of the finest spirits in this country, nursed in the hopes of the French Revolution, kept ...
William Hazlitt. in full cry, and they were not clement in their triumph. It is not easy, even on the evidence before us, to realize that a number of the finest spirits in this country, nursed in the hopes of the French Revolution, kept ...
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... the Drama,which give byfarthe best account of the plays of Shakespeare that has hitherto appeared. The only circumstances in whichitwas thoughtnot impossibleto improve on themanner inwhichthe Germancritic has executed this partof ...
... the Drama,which give byfarthe best account of the plays of Shakespeare that has hitherto appeared. The only circumstances in whichitwas thoughtnot impossibleto improve on themanner inwhichthe Germancritic has executed this partof ...
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... in the most accurate manner, with only afewapparent violations of costume, the spirit of theancient Romans, ofthe French in ... this Prometheus not merely forms men, he opens the gates ofthemagical worldof spirits; calls upthe midnight ghost ...
... in the most accurate manner, with only afewapparent violations of costume, the spirit of theancient Romans, ofthe French in ... this Prometheus not merely forms men, he opens the gates ofthemagical worldof spirits; calls upthe midnight ghost ...
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William Hazlitt. the excitation of pity; for nothing, he said, dries so soon as tears; and Shakespeare acted conformably to this ingenious maxim, without knowing it. 'The objection, that Shakespeare wounds ourfeelingsby the open display of ...
William Hazlitt. the excitation of pity; for nothing, he said, dries so soon as tears; and Shakespeare acted conformably to this ingenious maxim, without knowing it. 'The objection, that Shakespeare wounds ourfeelingsby the open display of ...
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... in sucha manner as to lead atlast to the most complete development of the catastrophe. The easeand conscious unconcern with which this is effected only makestheskill more wonderful. The business ofthe plotevidently thickens in the lastact; ...
... in sucha manner as to lead atlast to the most complete development of the catastrophe. The easeand conscious unconcern with which this is effected only makestheskill more wonderful. The business ofthe plotevidently thickens in the lastact; ...
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