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Hogarth's Works, with life and anecdotal descriptions of his pictures. Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 165 — HOGARTH ILLUSTRATED. (continued 3)

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This thought might possibly be suggested by one of Shakspeare's witches:

"Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house lid, He shall live a man forbid," etc.

How admirable a contrast is formed by Robert Lloyd's description of an opposite character!

"Dull folly,—not the wanton wild, Imagination's younger child, Had taken lodgings in his face, As finding that a vacant place."

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