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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... becoming richer , and to laugh at the waste of blood and the general misery which they occasion ; to defend every act of a party , and to treat all those as enemies of their country who do not think the pride of a minister and the ...
... becoming richer , and to laugh at the waste of blood and the general misery which they occasion ; to defend every act of a party , and to treat all those as enemies of their country who do not think the pride of a minister and the ...
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... become subject to their in- fluence , without endangering one of the chief sources of the wealth and prosperity of this country . It seems Malta was the enchanted island , into which Buonaparte was to convey himself by stealth , and ...
... become subject to their in- fluence , without endangering one of the chief sources of the wealth and prosperity of this country . It seems Malta was the enchanted island , into which Buonaparte was to convey himself by stealth , and ...
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... become , and the more dangerous in its consequences afterwards , and will render the diminution of that maritime preponderance , which we have held with such a convulsive grasp , more and more an object both of policy and revenge to ...
... become , and the more dangerous in its consequences afterwards , and will render the diminution of that maritime preponderance , which we have held with such a convulsive grasp , more and more an object both of policy and revenge to ...
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... become habitual to those who had had every kind of difficulty to encounter , and who had triumphed over all opposition . The gigantic strength and towering greatness of France had arisen from her convulsive struggles for existence , and ...
... become habitual to those who had had every kind of difficulty to encounter , and who had triumphed over all opposition . The gigantic strength and towering greatness of France had arisen from her convulsive struggles for existence , and ...
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... become free ; before a sophist and an apostate had dared to tell him that he had no share , no merit , no free agency , in the glorious Revolution of 1688 , and that he was bound to lend a helping hand to crush all others , that implied ...
... become free ; before a sophist and an apostate had dared to tell him that he had no share , no merit , no free agency , in the glorious Revolution of 1688 , and that he was bound to lend a helping hand to crush all others , that implied ...
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better Bonaparte Bourbons Burke Burke's cause character Coleridge consequences Courier court divine doctrine Duke Duke of Wellington earth effect eloquence enemy England Essay evil favour feelings France French French Revolution genius give hand Hazlitt heart honour House of Commons human imagination interest Jacobin John Ball justice King labour Legitimacy liberty Lord Castlereagh Lord Chatham Lord Wellington Malthus Malthus's mankind means of subsistence mind Ministers moral nation nature never object opinion passions patriotism peace persons philosopher poet political poor population prejudices present pretended Prince principle Quarterly Review question reason reform Regicide Rehoboam renegado Revolution Robert Southey rotten boroughs Scene sense sentiments shew slaves Southey Southey's speech spirit suppose Talleyrand taxes thing thought throne truth understanding Vetus Vetus's vice and misery virtue Wat Tyler Wellington wisdom words writer Yellow Dwarf
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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.