Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Nonesuch Press, 1948 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 186
... House of Lords can be equal in talent to the House of Commons . So in the other sex , if a woman is handsome , she is an idiot or no better than she should be : in ours , if a man is worth a million of money , he is a miser , a fellow ...
... House of Lords can be equal in talent to the House of Commons . So in the other sex , if a woman is handsome , she is an idiot or no better than she should be : in ours , if a man is worth a million of money , he is a miser , a fellow ...
Pagina 545
... House of Commons , it might be said , hates everything but a common - place ! Mr. Burke did not often shock the prejudices of the House : he endeavoured to account for them , to " lay the flattering unction " of philosophy " to their ...
... House of Commons , it might be said , hates everything but a common - place ! Mr. Burke did not often shock the prejudices of the House : he endeavoured to account for them , to " lay the flattering unction " of philosophy " to their ...
Pagina 553
... House of Commons . An elephant might as well have been introduced there , in all the forms : Sir William Curtis ... House moved by ancient privilege . His common - places were not their common - places . Even Horne Tooke failed , with ...
... House of Commons . An elephant might as well have been introduced there , in all the forms : Sir William Curtis ... House moved by ancient privilege . His common - places were not their common - places . Even Horne Tooke failed , with ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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