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... hand , from a copy of the second issue of 1825 , belonging to Mr. C. W. Reynell , a few verbal changes in Hazlitt's own hand have been introduced . When I told Jeffrey , " says Hazlitt , " that I had composed a work , in which I had in ...
... hand , from a copy of the second issue of 1825 , belonging to Mr. C. W. Reynell , a few verbal changes in Hazlitt's own hand have been introduced . When I told Jeffrey , " says Hazlitt , " that I had composed a work , in which I had in ...
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... hand- somest terms of men who , like Campbell , had treated him with little else than abuse . Charles Lamb , in a letter to his Quaker correspon- dent Barton , of February 10 , 1825 , says : " The Spirit of the Age is by Hazlitt : The ...
... hand- somest terms of men who , like Campbell , had treated him with little else than abuse . Charles Lamb , in a letter to his Quaker correspon- dent Barton , of February 10 , 1825 , says : " The Spirit of the Age is by Hazlitt : The ...
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... hand of fellowship to him across the GREAT PACIFIC . We believe that the Empress Catherine corresponded with him ; and we know that the Emperor Alexander called upon him , and presented him with his miniature in a gold snuff - box ...
... hand of fellowship to him across the GREAT PACIFIC . We believe that the Empress Catherine corresponded with him ; and we know that the Emperor Alexander called upon him , and presented him with his miniature in a gold snuff - box ...
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... hand- bill to say that he ( Jeremy Bentham ) being of sound mind , was of opinion that Sir Samuel Romilly was the most proper person to represent Westminster ; but this was the whim of the moment . Otherwise , his rea- sonings , if true ...
... hand- bill to say that he ( Jeremy Bentham ) being of sound mind , was of opinion that Sir Samuel Romilly was the most proper person to represent Westminster ; but this was the whim of the moment . Otherwise , his rea- sonings , if true ...
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... hand on the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ( however elaborate or closely reasoned ) any new element of thought , or even a new ...
... hand on the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ( however elaborate or closely reasoned ) any new element of thought , or even a new ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.