A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic CriticismsRobert Stodart, 1818 - 461 psl. Collected dramatic criticism by William Hazlitt, one of the highest regarded critic and essayists in the history of the English language. |
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... There is a severity of feeling , and a plaintive sadness , both in the words and music of the songs in this Opera , on which too much stress cannot be laid . " a We should scarcely regard this as an epoch - making INTRODUCTION . XV.
... There is a severity of feeling , and a plaintive sadness , both in the words and music of the songs in this Opera , on which too much stress cannot be laid . " a We should scarcely regard this as an epoch - making INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... believe , is the reason why he takes pains every now and then to inform the readers of the Courier that it is impossible for any one to understand a word that I ' write . " I It was , of course , a piece of 1 * INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... believe , is the reason why he takes pains every now and then to inform the readers of the Courier that it is impossible for any one to understand a word that I ' write . " I It was , of course , a piece of 1 * INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... bid the light plume wave in the fluttering grace of his style - or ' catch ere she fell the Cynthia of the minute , ' and fix the airy charm in He lasting words . In criticism , thus just and picturesque INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... bid the light plume wave in the fluttering grace of his style - or ' catch ere she fell the Cynthia of the minute , ' and fix the airy charm in He lasting words . In criticism , thus just and picturesque INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms William Hazlitt. lasting words . In criticism , thus just and picturesque , Mr. Hunt has never been approached ; and the wonder is , that instead of falling off with the art of acting , he even grew ...
Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms William Hazlitt. lasting words . In criticism , thus just and picturesque , Mr. Hunt has never been approached ; and the wonder is , that instead of falling off with the art of acting , he even grew ...
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... words of Shakespeare for the haphazard approximations to them with which Hazlitt was content in the way of quotation . Not a single passage of any length , so far as we can remember , is given with reasonable accuracy . We cannot even ...
... words of Shakespeare for the haphazard approximations to them with which Hazlitt was content in the way of quotation . Not a single passage of any length , so far as we can remember , is given with reasonable accuracy . We cannot even ...
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