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William Hazlitt. THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED TO ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS OF HIS TIME , LAMAN BLANCHARD , AS A TOKEN OF THE EDITOR'S SINCERE ATTACHMENT AND RESPECT . NOTICE . THE Lectures forming this volume were delivered at.
William Hazlitt. THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED TO ONE OF THE BEST ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS OF HIS TIME , LAMAN BLANCHARD , AS A TOKEN OF THE EDITOR'S SINCERE ATTACHMENT AND RESPECT . NOTICE . THE Lectures forming this volume were delivered at.
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... respect to his two most laboured comedies , the ' Tartuffe ' and ' Misanthrope , ' I confess that I find them rather hard to get through : they have much of the improbability and extravagance of the others , united with the endless ...
... respect to his two most laboured comedies , the ' Tartuffe ' and ' Misanthrope , ' I confess that I find them rather hard to get through : they have much of the improbability and extravagance of the others , united with the endless ...
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... respect , chiefly , that it differs from the comedy of a later , and ( what is called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fash- ionable life , and of artificial character and manners . The most pungent ridicule is ...
... respect , chiefly , that it differs from the comedy of a later , and ( what is called ) a more refined period . Genteel comedy is the comedy of fash- ionable life , and of artificial character and manners . The most pungent ridicule is ...
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... respect to that part of come- dy which relates to gallantry and intrigue , the difference be- tween Shakspeare's comic heroines and those of a later period may be referred to the same distinction between natural and artificial life ...
... respect to that part of come- dy which relates to gallantry and intrigue , the difference be- tween Shakspeare's comic heroines and those of a later period may be referred to the same distinction between natural and artificial life ...
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... respect , long life ; Give safety , valour , yea , and victory , To whom he will . In eight and twenty days I'll make an old man of fourscore a child . Surly . No doubt ; he's that already . Mam . Nay , I mean , Restore his years ...
... respect , long life ; Give safety , valour , yea , and victory , To whom he will . In eight and twenty days I'll make an old man of fourscore a child . Surly . No doubt ; he's that already . Mam . Nay , I mean , Restore his years ...
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