The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 11 (of 12)

by William Hazlitt

FRENCH PLAYS

[352]. Monsieur Perlet. Adrien Perlet (1795–1850), a well-known French comedian, who had made his first appearance in 1814. ‘Upturned eyes,’ etc. Cf. Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Sc. 2.

FRENCH PLAYS (continued)

This article in The Examiner begins with a long editorial passage written in a chaffing spirit and praising the former notice of the French Plays.

[356]. ‘That soul of pleasure,’ etc. Cf. Pope, Moral Essays, III. 306. [357]. l. 15. Ariste. This should be Valère. [358]. There is a credulous and unqualified assent, etc. Cf. a passage in vol. VIII. (English Comic Writers), p. 29, where almost the same words are used. ‘To the woods,’ etc. Quoted elsewhere by Hazlitt.