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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... side , whether to our vices or our virtues , those motives were addressed which called forth our ardour and readiness to engage in it . It is not from loud boasting , from what we think or say of ourselves , but from what we really are ...
... side , whether to our vices or our virtues , those motives were addressed which called forth our ardour and readiness to engage in it . It is not from loud boasting , from what we think or say of ourselves , but from what we really are ...
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... side the advantages lay ; that for his part he conceived that the present measure was attended with more advantages and fewer disadvantages than any other that could be adopted ; that if we were diverted from our object by every ...
... side the advantages lay ; that for his part he conceived that the present measure was attended with more advantages and fewer disadvantages than any other that could be adopted ; that if we were diverted from our object by every ...
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... side to take . If he was ambitious , his greatness was not founded on the unconditional , avowed surrender of the rights of human nature . But with him , the state of man rose exalted too . If he was arbitrary and a tyrant , first ...
... side to take . If he was ambitious , his greatness was not founded on the unconditional , avowed surrender of the rights of human nature . But with him , the state of man rose exalted too . If he was arbitrary and a tyrant , first ...
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... side - the side of corruption and prerogative . He says what others say ; he does as he is prompted by his own advantage . He knows on which side his bread is buttered , and that St. Peter is well at Rome . He is for going with Sancho ...
... side - the side of corruption and prerogative . He says what others say ; he does as he is prompted by his own advantage . He knows on which side his bread is buttered , and that St. Peter is well at Rome . He is for going with Sancho ...
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... side laid open to the allies . This is no question of the attachment of the French nation to one dynasty or to another : it is a question of military enterprise , in the minds of military adventurers . The simple possi- bility , not to ...
... side laid open to the allies . This is no question of the attachment of the French nation to one dynasty or to another : it is a question of military enterprise , in the minds of military adventurers . The simple possi- bility , not to ...
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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.