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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... stand . Doubt , perplexity , evasion , a general indifference as to the immediate object of the dispute , and a direct accusation of breach of faith on the part of the enemy were the auspices under which we were to begin a war , which ...
... stand . Doubt , perplexity , evasion , a general indifference as to the immediate object of the dispute , and a direct accusation of breach of faith on the part of the enemy were the auspices under which we were to begin a war , which ...
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... stand forth as one man in defence of the country . But whatever this might prove as to the conduct of the people , it forms no justification of the conduct of ministers . It was not the danger of invasion which produced the taking up ...
... stand forth as one man in defence of the country . But whatever this might prove as to the conduct of the people , it forms no justification of the conduct of ministers . It was not the danger of invasion which produced the taking up ...
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... standing aloof from the contagion , shouted from her rocky shores to see the flames that consumed the vitals of Europe . The bitterest enmity that our early struggles in the cause of liberty had drawn down upon us was to be shewn by a ...
... standing aloof from the contagion , shouted from her rocky shores to see the flames that consumed the vitals of Europe . The bitterest enmity that our early struggles in the cause of liberty had drawn down upon us was to be shewn by a ...
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... stand . It is a pity , but it cannot be helped . A Reformer is necessarily and naturally a Marplot , for the foregoing and the following reasons . First , he does not very well know what he would be at . Secondly , if he did , he does ...
... stand . It is a pity , but it cannot be helped . A Reformer is necessarily and naturally a Marplot , for the foregoing and the following reasons . First , he does not very well know what he would be at . Secondly , if he did , he does ...
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... standing well with those who have . He is not for empty speculations , but for full pockets . He is for having plenty of beef and pudding , a good coat to his back , a good house over his head , and for cutting a respectable figure in ...
... standing well with those who have . He is not for empty speculations , but for full pockets . He is for having plenty of beef and pudding , a good coat to his back , a good house over his head , and for cutting a respectable figure in ...
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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.