Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
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Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture . The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud . I like very well to speak my mind on any subject ( or to hear another do so ) and to go into the ...
Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture . The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud . I like very well to speak my mind on any subject ( or to hear another do so ) and to go into the ...
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The conversation of authors is not so good as might be imagined : but , such as it is ( and with rare exceptions ) it is better than any other . The proof of which is , that , when you are used to it , you cannot put up with any other .
The conversation of authors is not so good as might be imagined : but , such as it is ( and with rare exceptions ) it is better than any other . The proof of which is , that , when you are used to it , you cannot put up with any other .
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When this asperity wears off , and a certain scholastic precocity is mellowed down , the conversation of men of letters becomes both interesting and instructive . Men of the world have no fixed principles , no ground - work of thought ...
When this asperity wears off , and a certain scholastic precocity is mellowed down , the conversation of men of letters becomes both interesting and instructive . Men of the world have no fixed principles , no ground - work of thought ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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