The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in a foregone conclusion , ' but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
... truth ( if truth it were ) by a fortuitous concourse of letters of the alphabet , jumping in a foregone conclusion , ' but there was no proof of the thing , unless it was self - evident . And , indeed , this may be considered as the ...
Page 157
... truth of which every one must feel , but from vague topics and general rules , the truth of which is the very thing to be proved in detail , has lost that fine ' vantage ground which the stage lends to virtue ; takes away from it its ...
... truth of which every one must feel , but from vague topics and general rules , the truth of which is the very thing to be proved in detail , has lost that fine ' vantage ground which the stage lends to virtue ; takes away from it its ...
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... truth . Men's brains were busy ; their spirits stirring ; their hearts full ; and their hands not idle . Their eyes were opened to expect the greatest things , and their ears burned with curiosity and zeal to know the truth , that the truth ...
... truth . Men's brains were busy ; their spirits stirring ; their hearts full ; and their hands not idle . Their eyes were opened to expect the greatest things , and their ears burned with curiosity and zeal to know the truth , that the truth ...
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