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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... indifference”! I It is easy for us to realize at this distance of time that Hazlitt's ruling passion was the search for truth and that no personal relationships were ever allowed to stand in its way. It was difficult for his friends to ...
... indifference”! I It is easy for us to realize at this distance of time that Hazlitt's ruling passion was the search for truth and that no personal relationships were ever allowed to stand in its way. It was difficult for his friends to ...
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Geoffrey Keynes. grandeur; nor can we behold the ocean with indifference. Or, as the Minstrel sweetly sings— “Oh how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the ...
Geoffrey Keynes. grandeur; nor can we behold the ocean with indifference. Or, as the Minstrel sweetly sings— “Oh how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the ...
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... indifference to death which has been sometimes remarked in people who lead a solitary and peaceful life in remote and barren districts. The pulse of life in them does not beat strong enough to occasion any violent revulsion of the frame ...
... indifference to death which has been sometimes remarked in people who lead a solitary and peaceful life in remote and barren districts. The pulse of life in them does not beat strong enough to occasion any violent revulsion of the frame ...
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... indifference and scorn; if so many lovers both before and since the madman in Don Quixote had not “worshipped a statue, hunted the wind, cried aloud to the desert”; if friendship were lasting; if merit were renown, and renown were ...
... indifference and scorn; if so many lovers both before and since the madman in Don Quixote had not “worshipped a statue, hunted the wind, cried aloud to the desert”; if friendship were lasting; if merit were renown, and renown were ...
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... indifference to meet inevitable calamities. He may try to laugh them off, but will not put himself to any inconvenience to prevent them. I know a man that, if a tiger were to jump into his room, would only play off some joke, some “quip ...
... indifference to meet inevitable calamities. He may try to laugh them off, but will not put himself to any inconvenience to prevent them. I know a man that, if a tiger were to jump into his room, would only play off some joke, some “quip ...
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