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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... passion for reading which from an early age he had already exercised to a limited extent. He now became steeped in all the best literature of his own and earlier times, and laid the foundations of the immense knowledge of the work of ...
... passion for reading which from an early age he had already exercised to a limited extent. He now became steeped in all the best literature of his own and earlier times, and laid the foundations of the immense knowledge of the work of ...
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... passion for philosophical thought, and in 1805 his first book, An Essay on the Principles of Human Action, was published. This was followed in 1806 by a political pamphlet, Free Thoughts on Public Affairs, and in 1807 by three books ...
... passion for philosophical thought, and in 1805 his first book, An Essay on the Principles of Human Action, was published. This was followed in 1806 by a political pamphlet, Free Thoughts on Public Affairs, and in 1807 by three books ...
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... 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 regard this quite so dispassionately as we can, though they loved him for his sensitiveness ...
... 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 regard this quite so dispassionately as we can, though they loved him for his sensitiveness ...
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... passions, and ideas, contained in that narrow compass, of which I know nothing, and in which I have no share. Each individual is a world to himself, governed by a thousand contradictory and wayward impulses. I can, therefore, make no ...
... passions, and ideas, contained in that narrow compass, of which I know nothing, and in which I have no share. Each individual is a world to himself, governed by a thousand contradictory and wayward impulses. I can, therefore, make no ...
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... passions. We are not attached to it so much for its own sake, or as it is connected with happiness, as because it is necessary to action. Without life there can be no action—no objects of pursuit—no restless desires— no tormenting passions ...
... passions. We are not attached to it so much for its own sake, or as it is connected with happiness, as because it is necessary to action. Without life there can be no action—no objects of pursuit—no restless desires— no tormenting passions ...
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