The plain speaker: opinions on books, men, and things [by W. Hazlitt]. By W. Hazlitt, ed. by his son, Bind 11851 |
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Side 23
... spleen and jealousy prevent the " extravagant and erring spirit " of the poet from losing itself in fancy's endless maze . He " stoops to earth , " at least , and prostitutes his pen to some purpose ( not at the same time losing his own ...
... spleen and jealousy prevent the " extravagant and erring spirit " of the poet from losing itself in fancy's endless maze . He " stoops to earth , " at least , and prostitutes his pen to some purpose ( not at the same time losing his own ...
Side 70
... spleen adds to the sharpness of the point , like poisoned ar- rows . Mr Northcote enlarges with enthusiasm on the old painters , and tells good things of the new . The only thing he ever vexed me in was his liking the Catalogue Raisonné ...
... spleen adds to the sharpness of the point , like poisoned ar- rows . Mr Northcote enlarges with enthusiasm on the old painters , and tells good things of the new . The only thing he ever vexed me in was his liking the Catalogue Raisonné ...
Side 151
... spleen lies at the bottom of the human heart , and how a constant supply of gall seems as necessary to the health and activity of the mind as of the body . Yet perhaps it ought not to excite much surprise that this gnawing , morbid ...
... spleen lies at the bottom of the human heart , and how a constant supply of gall seems as necessary to the health and activity of the mind as of the body . Yet perhaps it ought not to excite much surprise that this gnawing , morbid ...
Side 221
... may in a fit of spleen and impa- tience turn round and assert one's claims in the face of low - bred , hireling malice , I will here repeat what I set out with saying , that there never IS CONSCIOUS OF ITS POWERS ? 221.
... may in a fit of spleen and impa- tience turn round and assert one's claims in the face of low - bred , hireling malice , I will here repeat what I set out with saying , that there never IS CONSCIOUS OF ITS POWERS ? 221.
Side 230
... spleen upon ! Had they done us any harm of late ? No ; but we have always a quantity of superfluous bile upon the stomach , and we wanted an object to let it out upon . How loth were we to give up our pious belief in witches and ghosts ...
... spleen upon ! Had they done us any harm of late ? No ; but we have always a quantity of superfluous bile upon the stomach , and we wanted an object to let it out upon . How loth were we to give up our pious belief in witches and ghosts ...
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Side 220 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Side 120 - For time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And, with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Side 15 - British monarchy, not more limited than fenced by the orders of the state, shall, like the proud keep of Windsor, rising in the majesty of proportion, and girt with the double belt of its kindred and coeval towers...
Side 358 - The quality of mercy is not strained'; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath* : it is twice blessed* ; It blesseth him that gives', and him that takes*.
Side 203 - I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age ; and I loved, and cultivated him accordingly. He was much in my heart, and I believe I was in his to the very last beat.
Side 120 - Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright. To have done is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mock'ry.
Side 311 - And time and place are lost: where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal Anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce Strive here for mastery...
Side 111 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion ; the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colors and their forms were then to me An appetite: a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Side 15 - As long as our Sovereign Lord the King, and his faithful subjects, the Lords and Commons of this realm — the triple cord which no man can break; the solemn, sworn, constitutional frank-pledge of this nation; the firm guarantees of each other's being, and each other's rights; the joint and several securities, each in its place and order, for every kind, and every quality of property and of dignity...
Side 63 - On one occasion, he was for making out a list of persons famous in history that one would wish to see again — at the head of whom were Pontius Pilate, Sir Thomas Browne, and Dr. Faustus — but we black-balled most of his list ! But with what a gusto would he describe his favourite authors, Donne, or Sir Philip Sidney, and call their most crabbed passages...