Lectures on the English Comic Writers with Miscellaneous EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1963 - Počet stran: 346 |
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... opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth ...
... opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth ...
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... opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of nimble , fiery , and delectable shapes : ' but it does not take the highest pleasure in making human ...
... opinion , that it is too good - natured and magnanimous . It mounts above its quarry . It is apprehensive , quick , forgetive , full of nimble , fiery , and delectable shapes : ' but it does not take the highest pleasure in making human ...
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William Hazlitt. not filled up by any recorded opinion ; and curiosity , impertinence , and vanity rush eagerly into the vacuum . A new book is the fair field for petulance and coxcombry to gather laurels in — the but set up for roving ...
William Hazlitt. not filled up by any recorded opinion ; and curiosity , impertinence , and vanity rush eagerly into the vacuum . A new book is the fair field for petulance and coxcombry to gather laurels in — the but set up for roving ...
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