The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 11 (of 12)
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Immerse yourself in the brilliance of one of literature's most celebrated essayists with "The Collected Works of William Hazlitt" by William Hazlitt. Journey through the captivating prose and incisive intellect of Hazlitt as he explores a wide range of topics with unmatched depth and insight.Experience the breadth and depth of Hazlitt's literary genius as he delves into topics ranging from literature and art to politics and philosophy. Through his eloquent essays and penetrating analysis, Hazlitt invites readers to engage with the complexities of the human experience.But amidst the exploration...
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- THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- CONTENTS[1]
- ON ABSTRACT IDEAS
- ON THE WRITINGS OF HOBBES
- ON LIBERTY AND NECESSITY
- ON LOCKE’S ESSAY ON THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
- ON TOOKE’S ‘DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY’
- ON SELF-LOVE
- MADAME DE STAËL’S ACCOUNT OF GERMAN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE.
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED (ON ABSTRACTION)
- FINE ARTS. BRITISH INSTITUTION
- THE STAGE.
- FINE ARTS—THE LOUVRE
- WILSON’S LANDSCAPES, AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION
- ON GAINSBOROUGH’S PICTURES
- MR. KEMBLE’S PENRUDDOCK
- INTRODUCTION TO AN ACCOUNT OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS’S DISCOURSES
- ON GENIUS AND ORIGINALITY
- ON THE IMITATION OF NATURE
- ON THE IDEAL.
- CHARLEMAGNE: OU L’ÉGLISE DÉLIVRÉE.
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- LUCIEN BUONAPARTE’S COLLECTION, ETC.
- BRITISH INSTITUTION
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ON MR. WILKIE’S PICTURES
- ON ROCHEFOUCAULT’S MAXIMS.
- ON THE PREDOMINANT PRINCIPLES AND EXCITEMENTS IN THE HUMAN MIND
- THE LOVE OF POWER OR ACTION AS MAIN A PRINCIPLE IN THE HUMAN MIND AS SENSIBILITY TO PLEASURE OR PAIN
- ESSAY ON MANNERS
- KEAN’S BAJAZET AND ‘THE COUNTRY GIRL’
- DOCTRINE OF PHILOSOPHICAL NECESSITY
- PARALLEL PASSAGES IN VARIOUS POETS
- MR. LOCKE A GREAT PLAGIARIST
- SHAKESPEAR’S FEMALE CHARACTERS
- MISS O’NEILL’S WIDOW CHEERLY
- PENELOPE AND THE DANSOMANIE.
- OROONOKO.
- ‘THE PANNEL’ AND ‘THE RAVENS’
- JOHN GILPIN
- DON GIOVANNI AND KEAN’S EUSTACE DE ST. PIERRE
- CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY PEOPLE
- MR. MACREADY’S MACBETH.
- GUY FAUX
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONCLUDED
- CHARACTER OF MR. CANNING
- THE DANDY SCHOOL.
- ACTORS AND THE PUBLIC
- FRENCH PLAYS
- FRENCH PLAYS—(Continued)
- THE THEATRES AND PASSION-WEEK
- CHARLES KEAN
- SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS.
- THE COMPANY AT THE OPERA.
- THE BEGGARS’ OPERA
- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW AND L’AVARE
- MRS. SIDDONS
- THE THREE QUARTERS, &c.
- MR. KEAN
- MUNDEN’S SIR PETER TEAZLE
- YOUNG’S HAMLET
- DOWTON IN THE HYPOCRITE
- MISS BRUNTON’S ROSALIND
- MAYWOOD’S ZANGA
- KEAN’S RICHARD III.
- THE WONDER
- VENICE PRESERVED
- SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
- KEAN’S MACBETH
- KEAN’S OTHELLO
- KEAN AND MISS O’NEILL
- THE HONEY MOON
- MR. KEAN
- KING JOHN
- THE PRESS—COLERIDGE, SOUTHEY, WORDSWORTH, AND BENTHAM
- MR. COLERIDGE’S LECTURES
- CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE (Canto iv.)
- THE OPERA
- ON THE QUESTION WHETHER POPE WAS A POET
- ON RESPECTABLE PEOPLE.
- ON FASHION
- ON NICKNAMES
- THOUGHTS ON TASTE
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE
- HAYDON’S ‘CHRIST’S AGONY IN THE GARDEN’
- POPE, LORD BYRON, AND MR. BOWLES[60]
- ON CONSISTENCY OF OPINION
- ON THE SPIRIT OF PARTISANSHIP
- ‘THE PIRATE’
- ‘PEVERIL OF THE PEAK’
- COMMON PLACES
- NOTES
- ON ABSTRACT IDEAS
- ON THE WRITINGS OF HOBBES
- ON LIBERTY AND NECESSITY
- ON LOCKE’S ESSAY ON THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
- ON TOOKE’S DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY
- ON SELF-LOVE
- MADAME DE STAËL’S ACCOUNT OF GERMAN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- FINE ARTS.—BRITISH INSTITUTION
- THE STAGE
- THE FINE ARTS. THE LOUVRE
- WILSON’S LANDSCAPES AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTION
- ON GAINSBOROUGH’S PICTURES
- MR. KEMBLE’S PENRUDDOCK
- INTRODUCTION TO AN ACCOUNT OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS’S DISCOURSES
- ON GENIUS AND ORIGINALITY
- ON THE IMITATION OF NATURE
- ON THE IDEAL
- CHARLEMAGNE: OU L’ÉGLISE DÉLIVRÉE
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- LUCIEN BUONAPARTE’S COLLECTION, ETC.
- BRITISH INSTITUTION
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ON MR. WILKIE’S PICTURES
- [CHARACTER OF MR. WORDSWORTH’S NEW POEM, THE EXCURSION]
- ON ROCHEFOUCAULT’S MAXIMS
- ON THE PREDOMINANT PRINCIPLES, Etc.
- THE LOVE OF POWER, Etc.
- ESSAY ON MANNERS
- KEAN’S BAJAZET, Etc.
- DOCTRINE OF PHILOSOPHICAL NECESSITY
- PARALLEL PASSAGES IN VARIOUS POETS
- THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN
- MR. LOCKE A GREAT PLAGIARIST
- [THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED]
- COLERIDGE’S ‘CHRISTABEL’
- SHAKESPEAR’S FEMALE CHARACTERS
- SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES
- MISS O’NEILL’S WIDOW CHEERLY
- PENELOPE AND THE DANSOMANIE
- OROONOKO
- THE PANNEL AND THE RAVENS
- JOHN GILPIN
- DON GIOVANNI AND KEAN’S EUSTACE DE ST. PIERRE
- CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY PEOPLE
- MR. MACREADY’S MACBETH
- GUY FAUX
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONCLUDED
- CHARACTER OF MR. CANNING
- THE DANDY SCHOOL
- ACTORS AND THE PUBLIC
- FRENCH PLAYS
- FRENCH PLAYS (continued)
- THE THEATRES AND PASSION WEEK
- CHARLES KEAN
- SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS
- THE COMPANY AT THE OPERA
- THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW AND L’AVARE
- MRS. SIDDONS
- THE THREE QUARTERS, Etc.
- MR. KEAN
- MUNDEN’S SIR PETER TEAZLE
- YOUNG’S HAMLET
- DOWTON IN THE HYPOCRITE
- MISS BRUNTON’S ROSALIND
- MAYWOOD’S ZANGA
- KEAN’S RICHARD III.
- THE WONDER
- VENICE PRESERVED
- SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
- KEAN’S MACBETH
- KEAN’S OTHELLO
- KEAN AND MISS O’NEILL
- THE HONEY MOON
- MR. KEAN
- KING JOHN
- THE PRESS, Etc.
- MR. COLERIDGE’S LECTURES
- CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE
- THE OPERA
- ON THE QUESTION WHETHER POPE WAS A POET
- ON RESPECTABLE PEOPLE
- ON FASHION
- ON NICKNAMES
- THOUGHTS ON TASTE
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- [HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE]
- ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELOQUENCE
- [MR. CRABBE]
- HAYDON’S CHRIST’S AGONY IN THE GARDEN
- POPE, LORD BYRON, AND MR. BOWLES
- ON CONSISTENCY OF OPINION
- ON THE SPIRIT OF PARTISANSHIP
- THE PIRATE
- PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
- COMMON PLACES
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