Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Random House, 1930 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 55
... less selfish , and the other a little less extravagant ; but with a trifling allowance of this sort , taking the proposition cum grano salis , they would have been just where they set out . Blifil would have been Blifil still , and ...
... less selfish , and the other a little less extravagant ; but with a trifling allowance of this sort , taking the proposition cum grano salis , they would have been just where they set out . Blifil would have been Blifil still , and ...
Pagina 266
... less startled at incongruities , less liable to take offence , than the more literal and conscien- tious German , because the more headstrong current of his own sensations fills up the gaps and " makes the odds all even . " He does not ...
... less startled at incongruities , less liable to take offence , than the more literal and conscien- tious German , because the more headstrong current of his own sensations fills up the gaps and " makes the odds all even . " He does not ...
Pagina 698
... less vulgar . The question is not whether he brought cer- tain truths equally home to us , but how much nearer he brought them than they were before . In my opinion , he united the two extremes of refinement and strength in a higher ...
... less vulgar . The question is not whether he brought cer- tain truths equally home to us , but how much nearer he brought them than they were before . In my opinion , he united the two extremes of refinement and strength in a higher ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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