Selected Essays of William Hazlitt 1778 to 1830Read Books Ltd, 18 apr 2013 - 830 pagina's Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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... Lord Hamlet in the play—“Words, words, words.”—“What is the matter?”—“Nothing!”—They have scarce a meaning. But it was not always so. There was a time when to my thinking, every word was a flower or a pearl, like those which dropped ...
... Lord Hamlet in the play—“Words, words, words.”—“What is the matter?”—“Nothing!”—They have scarce a meaning. But it was not always so. There was a time when to my thinking, every word was a flower or a pearl, like those which dropped ...
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... Lord in a threetimesaweek paper, the St. James's Chronicle, in 1796), I said to myself, “This is true eloquence: this is a man pouring out his mind on paper.” All other style seemed to me pedantic and impertinent. Dr. Johnson's was ...
... Lord in a threetimesaweek paper, the St. James's Chronicle, in 1796), I said to myself, “This is true eloquence: this is a man pouring out his mind on paper.” All other style seemed to me pedantic and impertinent. Dr. Johnson's was ...
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... from some circumstance relating to them. Among them is Lord Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion, after which I have a hankering, from hearing it spoken of by good judges —from my interest in the events, and knowledge of the.
... from some circumstance relating to them. Among them is Lord Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion, after which I have a hankering, from hearing it spoken of by good judges —from my interest in the events, and knowledge of the.
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... lord of one's self, uncumber'd with a name.” Oh! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion—to lose our importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal identity in the elements of nature, and become the ...
... lord of one's self, uncumber'd with a name.” Oh! it is great to shake off the trammels of the world and of public opinion—to lose our importunate, tormenting, everlasting personal identity in the elements of nature, and become the ...
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... Lord's Prayer in little. Some poets compose and sing their own verses. Which character would they have us think most highly of— the poet or the musician? The Great is One. Some there are who feel more pride in sealing a letter with a ...
... Lord's Prayer in little. Some poets compose and sing their own verses. Which character would they have us think most highly of— the poet or the musician? The Great is One. Some there are who feel more pride in sealing a letter with a ...
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