Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Nonesuch Press, 1948 - 807 pagina's |
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... death , because the fancied possibility of good , which always remains with life , gathers strength as it is about to be torn from us for ever , and the dullest scene looks bright compared with the darkness of the grave . Our reluctance ...
... death , because the fancied possibility of good , which always remains with life , gathers strength as it is about to be torn from us for ever , and the dullest scene looks bright compared with the darkness of the grave . Our reluctance ...
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... death , locking up its faculties and benumbing its senses ; so that , if it could , it would complain of its own hard state . Perhaps religious considerations reconcile the mind to this change sooner than any others , by representing ...
... death , locking up its faculties and benumbing its senses ; so that , if it could , it would complain of its own hard state . Perhaps religious considerations reconcile the mind to this change sooner than any others , by representing ...
Pagina 171
... death . It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain , but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being . Sedentary and studious men are the most apprehensive on this score . Dr. Johnson was an ...
... death . It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain , but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being . Sedentary and studious men are the most apprehensive on this score . Dr. Johnson was an ...
Inhoudsopgave
On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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