[77] “On Poetry in General,” p. 258.
[78] “On Poetry in General,” p. 266.
[79] Hazlitt defends himself on the ground that “the word has these three distinct meanings in the English language, that is, it signifies the composition produced, the state of mind or faculty producing it, and, in certain cases, the subject-matter proper to call forth that state of mind.” Letter to Gifford, I, 396.
[80] “On Poetry in General,” pp. 268-9.
[81] Ibid., p. 268.
[82] Those interested in the perennial discussion of the relation of poetry to verse or metre would do well to read the recent interesting contribution to the subject by Professor Mackail in his Lectures on Poetry (Longmans, 1912).
[83] “On the Causes of Popular Opinion,” XII, 320.
[84] Coleridge: Table Talk, Aug. 6, 1832.
[85] Edinburgh Review, Feb., 1816. The nature of Hazlitt’s debt to Coleridge, Lamb and Schlegel is to some extent illustrated in the notes to the present text.
[86] “Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers,” in Plain Speaker.