Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Random House, 1930 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 196
... vanity , and passions , displayed in their most extravagant dimensions in a being no bigger and no better than himself . Each individual would ( were it in his power ) be a king , a God : but as he cannot , the next best thing is to see ...
... vanity , and passions , displayed in their most extravagant dimensions in a being no bigger and no better than himself . Each individual would ( were it in his power ) be a king , a God : but as he cannot , the next best thing is to see ...
Pagina 566
... vanity . We would set up a standard of general taste and of immortal renown ; we would have the benefits of science and of art universal , because we suppose our own capacity to receive them unbounded ; and we would have the thoughts of ...
... vanity . We would set up a standard of general taste and of immortal renown ; we would have the benefits of science and of art universal , because we suppose our own capacity to receive them unbounded ; and we would have the thoughts of ...
Pagina 575
... vanity , this total forgetfulness of the subject , and display of the writer , as if every possible train of speculation must originate in the pronoun I , and the world had nothing to do but to look on and admire . It will not do to ...
... vanity , this total forgetfulness of the subject , and display of the writer , as if every possible train of speculation must originate in the pronoun I , and the world had nothing to do but to look on and admire . It will not do to ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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