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Ape and slave , he looked askance at human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate ...
Ape and slave , he looked askance at human nature , and beheld its weaknesses and errors trans- ferred to another species . Vice and virtue were to him as plain as any objects of sense . He saw in man a talking , absurd , obstinate ...
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most remarkable for , is neither sentiment , nor imagination , nor wit , nor even humour , though there is an immense deal of this last quality ; but profound knowledge of human nature , at least of English nature ; and masterly ...
most remarkable for , is neither sentiment , nor imagination , nor wit , nor even humour , though there is an immense deal of this last quality ; but profound knowledge of human nature , at least of English nature ; and masterly ...
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His character was then an amazing insight into the limits of human knowledge and acquaintance with the landmarks of human intellect , so as to trace its past history or point out the path to future enquirers , but when he quits the ...
His character was then an amazing insight into the limits of human knowledge and acquaintance with the landmarks of human intellect , so as to trace its past history or point out the path to future enquirers , but when he quits the ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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