The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our ...
... sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Or to put it differently , it is the test of the quantity of truth that there is in our ...
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... sense of reality exercised a despotic sway over his mind , and equally weighed down and clogged his perception of the beautiful or the ridiculous . He had a keen sense of what was true and false , but not of the difference between the ...
... sense of reality exercised a despotic sway over his mind , and equally weighed down and clogged his perception of the beautiful or the ridiculous . He had a keen sense of what was true and false , but not of the difference between the ...
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... Senses for the crown of superiority , and the pretensions of Lingua or the Tongue to be admitted as a sixth sense . It is full of child's play , and old wives ' tales ; but is not unadorned with passages displaying strong good sense ...
... Senses for the crown of superiority , and the pretensions of Lingua or the Tongue to be admitted as a sixth sense . It is full of child's play , and old wives ' tales ; but is not unadorned with passages displaying strong good sense ...
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