Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Random House, 1930 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 160
... fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end . There was a time when we were not : this gives us no concern- why , then , should it trouble us that a time will come when we ... FEAR OF DEATH On the Fear of Death ✓
... fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end . There was a time when we were not : this gives us no concern- why , then , should it trouble us that a time will come when we ... FEAR OF DEATH On the Fear of Death ✓
Pagina 171
... fear of death is to set a just value on life . If we merely wish to continue on the scene to indulge our headstrong humours and tormenting passions , we had better begone at once ; and if we only cherish a fondness for existence ...
... fear of death is to set a just value on life . If we merely wish to continue on the scene to indulge our headstrong humours and tormenting passions , we had better begone at once ; and if we only cherish a fondness for existence ...
Pagina 390
... fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear . " Our eyes are made the fools " of our other faculties . This is the universal law of ...
... fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear . " Our eyes are made the fools " of our other faculties . This is the universal law of ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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