Selected Essays of William HazlittNelson, 1942 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 123
... interest in what is passing in the world , but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it . It is such a life as a pure spirit might be supposed to lead , and such an interest as it might take in the affairs of men ...
... interest in what is passing in the world , but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it . It is such a life as a pure spirit might be supposed to lead , and such an interest as it might take in the affairs of men ...
Pagina 124
... interest him without putting himself for- ward to try what he can do to fix the eyes of the universe upon him . Vain the attempt ! He reads the clouds , he looks at the stars , he watches the return of the seasons , the falling leaves ...
... interest him without putting himself for- ward to try what he can do to fix the eyes of the universe upon him . Vain the attempt ! He reads the clouds , he looks at the stars , he watches the return of the seasons , the falling leaves ...
Pagina 148
... interest in viewing these structures , which an ordinary person does not feel : and here interest is the sole reason of his remembering more correctly than his neighbour . " I once heard a person quaintly ask another , How many trees ...
... interest in viewing these structures , which an ordinary person does not feel : and here interest is the sole reason of his remembering more correctly than his neighbour . " I once heard a person quaintly ask another , How many trees ...
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