Selected Essays of William HazlittNelson, 1942 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... stand - up fight . The wonder was the half - minute time . If there had been a minute or more allowed between each round , it would have been intelligible how they should by degrees recover strength and resolution ; but to see two men ...
... stand - up fight . The wonder was the half - minute time . If there had been a minute or more allowed between each round , it would have been intelligible how they should by degrees recover strength and resolution ; but to see two men ...
Pagina 83
... stand the test . There is the same deter- mination and spirit shown in resistance as in attack ; but not the same pleasure in getting a cut with a sabre as in giving one . There is , therefore , always a certain degree of effeminacy ...
... stand the test . There is the same deter- mination and spirit shown in resistance as in attack ; but not the same pleasure in getting a cut with a sabre as in giving one . There is , therefore , always a certain degree of effeminacy ...
Pagina 92
... stand - still and lack of meaning , nor can they enter into or be amused with the contrast . No people ever laugh heartily who can give a reason for their doing so and I believe the English in general are not yet in this predicament ...
... stand - still and lack of meaning , nor can they enter into or be amused with the contrast . No people ever laugh heartily who can give a reason for their doing so and I believe the English in general are not yet in this predicament ...
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