The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Free thoughts on public affairs. Political essays. Advertisement, etc., from The eloquence of the British senateJ. M. Dent & Company, 1902 |
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... England has produced , and to be unwilling that the country which gave birth to Shakespear and Milton should ever be enslaved by a mean and servile foe ; if to love its glory - that virtue , that integrity , that genius , which have ...
... England has produced , and to be unwilling that the country which gave birth to Shakespear and Milton should ever be enslaved by a mean and servile foe ; if to love its glory - that virtue , that integrity , that genius , which have ...
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... England in the height of their panic ) that to doubt for a moment of the necessity of the war was the same thing as wishing that the French might come here and put every one to the sword ( when one chief object of peace would be to ...
... England in the height of their panic ) that to doubt for a moment of the necessity of the war was the same thing as wishing that the French might come here and put every one to the sword ( when one chief object of peace would be to ...
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... England may preserve her commerce . ' In some such manner as this would a Frenchman repel the charges brought against his countrymen ; and , if we allow for the strength . of national prejudices , there appears to be some appearance of ...
... England may preserve her commerce . ' In some such manner as this would a Frenchman repel the charges brought against his countrymen ; and , if we allow for the strength . of national prejudices , there appears to be some appearance of ...
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... England as connected with her colonies , with her proud canopies of Eastern state , her distant spicy groves and the rich spoils of her Western isles ; but will they defend her as she is England , as their country ? Strip her of her con ...
... England as connected with her colonies , with her proud canopies of Eastern state , her distant spicy groves and the rich spoils of her Western isles ; but will they defend her as she is England , as their country ? Strip her of her con ...
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... England is not yet quite commercial : the spirit of trade has not spread its poison through the whole mass of our blood and vital juices ! As I do not wish that England ( with all her high hopes , and called to a far different destiny ) ...
... England is not yet quite commercial : the spirit of trade has not spread its poison through the whole mass of our blood and vital juices ! As I do not wish that England ( with all her high hopes , and called to a far different destiny ) ...
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Seite 254 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Seite 122 - Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the earth hide thee ! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; Thou hast no speculation in those eyes Which thou dost glare with.
Seite 156 - And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Seite 192 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Seite 157 - What is he, whose grief Bears such an emphasis ? whose phrase of sorrow Conjures the wand'ring stars, and makes them stand Like wonder-wounded hearers ? this is I, Hamlet the Dane.
Seite 35 - For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
Seite 146 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Seite 147 - So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Seite 120 - Toutefois, je l'avoue, en ce comble de gloire, Du Dieu que j'ai quitté l'importune mémoire Jette encore en mon âme un reste de terreur, Et c'est ce qui redouble et nourrit ma fureur.
Seite 455 - Though hard and rare; thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.