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William Hazlitt. the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is also deficient in the fable as well as in the ... novels are , in general , thoroughly his own ; and they are thoroughly English . What they are most remarkable for ...
William Hazlitt. the uncertainty of human expectations . This novel is also deficient in the fable as well as in the ... novels are , in general , thoroughly his own ; and they are thoroughly English . What they are most remarkable for ...
Page 153
... novel that was ever written ; that which gives the most pleasure with the least effort to the reader . It is quite as amusing as going the journey could have been ; and we have just as good an idea of what happened on the road as if we ...
... novel that was ever written ; that which gives the most pleasure with the least effort to the reader . It is quite as amusing as going the journey could have been ; and we have just as good an idea of what happened on the road as if we ...
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... novel is utterly unlike anything else that ever was written , and is one of the most original as well as powerful productions in the English language . " St. Leon " is not equal to it in the plot and groundwork , though perhaps superior ...
... novel is utterly unlike anything else that ever was written , and is one of the most original as well as powerful productions in the English language . " St. Leon " is not equal to it in the plot and groundwork , though perhaps superior ...
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LECTURE PAGE | 1 |
ON SHAKESPEARE AND BEN JONSON | 36 |
ON COWLEY BUTLER SUCKLING ETHER | 61 |
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