Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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... force and life of Hazlitt's writings . No author in our language ex- ceeds him in the great art of setting his readers thinking . Where his own thoughts , whether from carelessness or caprice , fall short of the point of truth always ...
... force and life of Hazlitt's writings . No author in our language ex- ceeds him in the great art of setting his readers thinking . Where his own thoughts , whether from carelessness or caprice , fall short of the point of truth always ...
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... force of that epithet , which suggests an image like " the sleepy eye of love , " the allusion to " the lids of Juno's eyes " must appear extravagant and unmeaning . Shak- speare's fancy lent words and images to the most refined ...
... force of that epithet , which suggests an image like " the sleepy eye of love , " the allusion to " the lids of Juno's eyes " must appear extravagant and unmeaning . Shak- speare's fancy lent words and images to the most refined ...
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... force of feeling when to forego the forms of propriety for the essence of it . His women are in this respect exquisite logicians ; for there is nothing so logical as passion . They know their own minds exactly ; and only follow up a fa ...
... force of feeling when to forego the forms of propriety for the essence of it . His women are in this respect exquisite logicians ; for there is nothing so logical as passion . They know their own minds exactly ; and only follow up a fa ...
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... force of natural association , a particular train of feeling suggesting dif- ferent inflections of the same predominant principle , melting into , and strengthening one another , like chords in music . The characters of Bellarius ...
... force of natural association , a particular train of feeling suggesting dif- ferent inflections of the same predominant principle , melting into , and strengthening one another , like chords in music . The characters of Bellarius ...
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... force of genius shown in each of these works is astonishing , their variety is not less so . They are like different creations of the same mind , not one of which has the slightest reference to the This distinctness and originality is ...
... force of genius shown in each of these works is astonishing , their variety is not less so . They are like different creations of the same mind , not one of which has the slightest reference to the This distinctness and originality is ...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
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