Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Nonesuch Press, 1948 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 145
... English . Let those who think them merely light and mercurial explain that enigma , their everlasting prosing tragedy . The English are considered as comparatively a slow , plodding people . If the French are quicker , they are also ...
... English . Let those who think them merely light and mercurial explain that enigma , their everlasting prosing tragedy . The English are considered as comparatively a slow , plodding people . If the French are quicker , they are also ...
Pagina 222
... English , while the English never say a word about their superiority over the Scotch . The first have got together a great number of facts and arguments in their own favour ; the last never trouble their heads about the matter , but ...
... English , while the English never say a word about their superiority over the Scotch . The first have got together a great number of facts and arguments in their own favour ; the last never trouble their heads about the matter , but ...
Pagina 645
... English people to the best old English writers ; but I had said that English kings did not reign by right divine , and that his present Majesty was descended from an Elector of Hanover in a right line ; and no loyal subject would after ...
... English people to the best old English writers ; but I had said that English kings did not reign by right divine , and that his present Majesty was descended from an Elector of Hanover in a right line ; and no loyal subject would after ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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