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There is a coldness , a selfishness , a levity , an insincerity , which we cannot fix upon any particular phrase or action , but we see it in their whole persons and deportment . One reason that we do not see it in any other way may be ...
There is a coldness , a selfishness , a levity , an insincerity , which we cannot fix upon any particular phrase or action , but we see it in their whole persons and deportment . One reason that we do not see it in any other way may be ...
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I ought , I believe , to have noticed before , in speaking of the difference between wit and humour , that wit is often pretended absurdity , where the person overacts or exaggerates a certain part with a conscious design to expose it ...
I ought , I believe , to have noticed before , in speaking of the difference between wit and humour , that wit is often pretended absurdity , where the person overacts or exaggerates a certain part with a conscious design to expose it ...
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You would not suppose it was the same person . He was like an obstinate run - away horse , that takes the bit in his mouth , and becomes mischievous and unmanageable . He had made up his mind to one thing - not to admit a single ...
You would not suppose it was the same person . He was like an obstinate run - away horse , that takes the bit in his mouth , and becomes mischievous and unmanageable . He had made up his mind to one thing - not to admit a single ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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| 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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