Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
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We appealed to chance in the first instance , and yet , when it has decided against us , we will not give in , and sit down contented with our loss , but refuse to submit to anything but reason , which has nothing to do with the matter ...
We appealed to chance in the first instance , and yet , when it has decided against us , we will not give in , and sit down contented with our loss , but refuse to submit to anything but reason , which has nothing to do with the matter ...
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pression of an abstract principle is faint and doubtful in each individual instance ; it becomes powerful and certain only by the repetition of the experiment , and by adding the last results to our first hazardous conjectures .
pression of an abstract principle is faint and doubtful in each individual instance ; it becomes powerful and certain only by the repetition of the experiment , and by adding the last results to our first hazardous conjectures .
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He said the Vone was an instance of a subtle , the other of an acute mind , than which no two things could be more distinct . The one was a shop - boy's quality , the other the characteristic of a philosopher .
He said the Vone was an instance of a subtle , the other of an acute mind , than which no two things could be more distinct . The one was a shop - boy's quality , the other the characteristic of a philosopher .
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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