Extractions: People Occupations Literary Works Proverbs ... WorldVillage William Hazlitt English writer edit A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them. Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety. Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. Happy are they who live in the dream of their own existence, and see all things in the light of their own minds; who walk by faith and hope; to whom the guiding star of their youth still shines from afar, and into whom the spirit of the world has not entered! They have not been "hurt by the archers", nor has the iron entered their souls. The world has no hand on them. Mind and Motive He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind. He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight.
A Note On William Hazlitt William Hazlitt was born on April 10, 1778 and died on September 18, 1830. to Geoffrey Keynes (1930) Selected Essays of William Hazlitt 1778 1830 , http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/potter/hazlitt.htm
Extractions: William Hazlitt was born on April 10, 1778 and died on September 18, 1830. The son of a Unitarian minister, he was educated at Hackney College in London in preparation for work in the Unitarian ministry but he developed such a distaste for this that he abandoned his formal education and was indulged by being allowed to educate himself by steeping himself in all the best literature of his own and earlier times. He was a contemporary and friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth and published widely and throughout his life on an extremely diverse range of philosophical, cultural, literary and political matters. He earned his living through his writing as an essayist, journalist and critic. He was buried in St. Anne's churchyard in Soho, London. He was often at his best when being deliberately autobiographical, or when using his own experiences to illustrate his subject. ... Apart from his use of autobiography, his personal crotchets stick out like the quills of a porcupine from nearly every article, essay or lecture that he wrote. He never ceased to be aware of himself, no matter on what subject he might be treating. It is clear from the written opinions of his contemporaries that he was universally regarded as 'difficult'. Scarcely any of his friendships remained unclouded for long periods ... for none could brook the uncompromising directness with which
Hazlitt William Hazlitt (1778 1830). Hazlitt travelled to Edinburgh via Newcastle earlyin 1822 in order to obtain a divorce. His marriage had already broken down http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/faculties/art/humanities/cns/m-hazlitt.html
Extractions: Myers Literary Guide Centre for Northern Studies WILLIAM HAZLITT (1778 - 1830) Hazlitt travelled to Edinburgh via Newcastle early in 1822 in order to obtain a divorce. His marriage had already broken down, but the divorce was precipitated by his notorious and embarrassing infatuation with Sarah Walker, a supposed worthless coquette less than half his age. Hazlitt stopped off at the Renton Inn, near Berwick and drafted the 'conversations' which form the first part of his remarkably frank, indeed lurid, account of his obsession, Liber Amoris , published in 1823. The Literary Register called it 'Silly Billy's Tomfoolery' and dismissed it as 'indecent trash'. John Bull devoted three issues to reviews, spoofs and comments on the book. All in all, the business was a total humiliation for Hazlitt, and no doubt for Sarah, who found herself trailed through the press as a 'pert, cunning, good-for-nothing chit' and a 'dowdy trollop'. Return to Index On to next Author
Onfocus.com : Quotes By William Hazlitt quotes by William Hazlitt. William Hazlitt, English author (1778 1830). We neverdo anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. http://www.onfocus.com/quote/author/327
Benvenuti In Systems Comunicazioni! Collins, Wilkie William (1824 1889). Read The Moonstone Read The Woman in White Hazlitt, William (1778 - 1830). Read Characters of Shakespear s Plays http://www.systems.it/inglese3.php4
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IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection the Internet Public Library. Online Literary Criticism Collection. WilliamHazlitt (1778 1830). Nationality British, Periods British 18th Century http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=haz-566
