The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and ThingsWilliam Hazlitt, William Carew Hazlitt George Bell & sons, 1890 - 538 pages |
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... COUNTRY PEOPLE 88 ON THE SPIRIT OF OBLIGATIONS . 105 ON THE OLD AGE OF ARTISTS 119 ON ENVY 132 · ON SITTING FOR ONE'S PICTURE WHETHER GENIUS IS CONSCIOUS OF ITS POWERS ? 147 • 160 THE PLAIN SPEAKER . On the Prose Style of Poets.1.
... COUNTRY PEOPLE 88 ON THE SPIRIT OF OBLIGATIONS . 105 ON THE OLD AGE OF ARTISTS 119 ON ENVY 132 · ON SITTING FOR ONE'S PICTURE WHETHER GENIUS IS CONSCIOUS OF ITS POWERS ? 147 • 160 THE PLAIN SPEAKER . On the Prose Style of Poets.1.
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... spirit , arose from his not having familiarised his ear to the sound of his own voice , or at least only among his friends and admirers , where there was but little collision , dramatic fluctuation , or sudden contrariety of opinion to ...
... spirit , arose from his not having familiarised his ear to the sound of his own voice , or at least only among his friends and admirers , where there was but little collision , dramatic fluctuation , or sudden contrariety of opinion to ...
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... spirit droops and flags under a supposed imputation of dulness . He can never drift with the current , but is always hoisting sail , and has his streamers . flying . He has got a striking simile on hand ; he lugs it in with the first ...
... spirit droops and flags under a supposed imputation of dulness . He can never drift with the current , but is always hoisting sail , and has his streamers . flying . He has got a striking simile on hand ; he lugs it in with the first ...
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... spirit " of the poet from losing itself in Fancy's endless maze . He " stoops to earth , " at least , and prostitutes his pen to some purpose ( not at the same time losing his own soul , and gaining nothing by it ) — and he vilifies ...
... spirit " of the poet from losing itself in Fancy's endless maze . He " stoops to earth , " at least , and prostitutes his pen to some purpose ( not at the same time losing his own soul , and gaining nothing by it ) — and he vilifies ...
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... spirit of the prose- writer is there ; the tone of lively sensible conversation ; and this may in part arise from the author's being himself an animated talker . Mr. Hunt wants something of the heat and earnestness of the political ...
... spirit of the prose- writer is there ; the tone of lively sensible conversation ; and this may in part arise from the author's being himself an animated talker . Mr. Hunt wants something of the heat and earnestness of the political ...
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