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 |
Términos y frases comunes
answer better Bonaparte Bourbons Burke Burke's cause character Coleridge consequences contempt Courier court divine doctrine Duke Duke of Wellington effect eloquence enemy England Essay evil favour feelings France French French Revolution genius give ground hand Hazlitt heart honour House of Commons human imagination interest Jacobin John Ball justice King labour Legitimacy liberty Lord Castlereagh Lord Chatham Louis XVIII 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 taxes thing thought throne truth understanding Vetus Vetus's vice and misery virtue Wat Tyler wisdom words writer Yellow Dwarf
Pasajes populares
Página 254 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 152 - The preacher then launched into his subject, like an eagle dallying with the wind. The sermon was upon peace and war — upon church and state — not their alliance, but their separation — on the spirit of the world, and the spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.
Página 459 - 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.
Página 147 - And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 420 - Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry; of a delightful temper; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required.