Selected Essays of William Hazlitt 1778 to 1830Read Books Ltd, 18 apr 2013 - 830 pagina's Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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... Poets) On Wit and Humour 1818 (Lectures on the English Comic Writers) On the Conversation of Authors Sept. 1820 (Plain Speaker) On Familiar Style 1821 (Table Talk) On the Prose Style of Poets Aug. 1822 (Plain Speaker)
... Poets) On Wit and Humour 1818 (Lectures on the English Comic Writers) On the Conversation of Authors Sept. 1820 (Plain Speaker) On Familiar Style 1821 (Table Talk) On the Prose Style of Poets Aug. 1822 (Plain Speaker)
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... humour than I am at present for writing on this subject. I have a partridge getting ready for my supper, my fire is blazing on the hearth, the air is mild for the season of the year, I have had but a slight fit of indigestion today (the ...
... humour than I am at present for writing on this subject. I have a partridge getting ready for my supper, my fire is blazing on the hearth, the air is mild for the season of the year, I have had but a slight fit of indigestion today (the ...
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... humour is not in a fair way to be corrected, but confirmed and rendered desperate, by being in that work held up as an object of imitation, as an example of simplicity and magnanimity—by coming upon us with all the recommendations of ...
... humour is not in a fair way to be corrected, but confirmed and rendered desperate, by being in that work held up as an object of imitation, as an example of simplicity and magnanimity—by coming upon us with all the recommendations of ...
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... but for something congenial in the look to our own humour and way of seeing nature? Why should my cousin L——and I fix upon the same book, Tristram Shandy—without comparing notes, have it “doubled down and dogeared” in the same places,
... but for something congenial in the look to our own humour and way of seeing nature? Why should my cousin L——and I fix upon the same book, Tristram Shandy—without comparing notes, have it “doubled down and dogeared” in the same places,
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... humour, and without any appearance of arrogance; only it was evident Bill Neate was pleased that he had won the fight. When it was over, I asked Cribb if he did not think it was a good one? He said, “Pretty well!” The carrierpigeons now ...
... humour, and without any appearance of arrogance; only it was evident Bill Neate was pleased that he had won the fight. When it was over, I asked Cribb if he did not think it was a good one? He said, “Pretty well!” The carrierpigeons now ...
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