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I was like a stranger in a foreign land , at which I looked with wonder , curiosity , and delight , without expecting to be an object of attention in return . I had no relations to the state , no duty to perform , no ties to bind me to ...
I was like a stranger in a foreign land , at which I looked with wonder , curiosity , and delight , without expecting to be an object of attention in return . I had no relations to the state , no duty to perform , no ties to bind me to ...
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His heirs and successors take his titles , his power , and his wealth - all that made him considerable or courted by others ; and he has left nothing else behind him either to delight or benefit the world .
His heirs and successors take his titles , his power , and his wealth - all that made him considerable or courted by others ; and he has left nothing else behind him either to delight or benefit the world .
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It also procureth delight by gratifying curiosity with its rareness or semblance of difficulty ( as monsters , not for their beauty but their rarity ; as juggling tricks , not for their use but their abstruseness , are beheld ON WIT AND ...
It also procureth delight by gratifying curiosity with its rareness or semblance of difficulty ( as monsters , not for their beauty but their rarity ; as juggling tricks , not for their use but their abstruseness , are beheld ON WIT AND ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
| Auteur | William Hazlitt |
| Redacteur | Geoffrey Keynes |
| Uitgever | Random House, 1930 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Indiana University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 30 jan 2009 |
| Lengte | 807 pagina's |
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