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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... human nature, speculative philosopher, painter, politician, dramatic critic, historian, literary critic, and journalist. The sections into which the selection is roughly divided do not form watertight compartments. Hazlitt in his ...
... human nature, speculative philosopher, painter, politician, dramatic critic, historian, literary critic, and journalist. The sections into which the selection is roughly divided do not form watertight compartments. Hazlitt in his ...
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... human nature in detail, the careful dissector of individuals and types. As politician and historian he is represented in the first section by the essay on “The Spirit of Monarchy,” and the extracts from The Life of Napoleon. As ...
... human nature in detail, the careful dissector of individuals and types. As politician and historian he is represented in the first section by the essay on “The Spirit of Monarchy,” and the extracts from The Life of Napoleon. As ...
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... human form, and make it friendly or adverse to me, lie hid within it. There is an infinity of motives, passions, and ideas, contained in that narrow compass, of which I know nothing, and in which I have no share. Each individual is a ...
... human form, and make it friendly or adverse to me, lie hid within it. There is an infinity of motives, passions, and ideas, contained in that narrow compass, of which I know nothing, and in which I have no share. Each individual is a ...
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... human interest they excite relates to manners and feelings which are simple, common, such as all can enter into, and which, therefore, always produce a pleasing effect upon the mind. ON THE LOVE OF LIFE (THE EXAMINER, JAN. 15, 1815). 1 ...
... human interest they excite relates to manners and feelings which are simple, common, such as all can enter into, and which, therefore, always produce a pleasing effect upon the mind. ON THE LOVE OF LIFE (THE EXAMINER, JAN. 15, 1815). 1 ...
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... humanity. Such is the use which has been made of human learning. The labourers in this vineyard seem as if it was their object to confound all common sense, and the distinctions of good and evil, by means of traditional maxims and ...
... humanity. Such is the use which has been made of human learning. The labourers in this vineyard seem as if it was their object to confound all common sense, and the distinctions of good and evil, by means of traditional maxims and ...
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