Offspring of Thought in Solitude; Modern Essays

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 ...quotations. Ends of Greek and Latin are reserved for the Mansion-House. Mr. Gladstone is satisfied with citing his favourite epic in the version of Pope. The classics have migrated from Whitehall to Guildhall. A corporate body is the literary heir of Maecenas. Then there was P, one of the most good-natured fellows in the world, a tall, burly, awkward, shambling figure, half crippled by rheumatism, with square, massive features, and a florid complexion. He was a man of the most extensive and varied information. He was a person of shrewd insight into matters, and his knowledge of common and general topics was positively very considerable. His opinion on any question of home policy was sure to be worth something, more or less; it would be nearly as good, probably, as a Cabinet Minister's, and better than an M.P.'s; for there would be more common-sense, and no party spleen. His acquaintance with localities and their products and specialities, again, was surprising. There was no part of England where he had not been, and which he did not know more of than you did, if it was worth knowing. He had the state of the markets and exchanges, and the prices current, at his fingers' ends. He could tell you what you had given for the coat on your back, or at least what he should have given for such another. You could not be long in his company without having an uncomfortable sensation that you had been appraised and scheduled. He had a born gift for valuation. He possessed unique and mysterious facilities for obtaining articles of domestic consumption at exceptional rates from parties whose address he was not exactly at liberty to divulge. This was his idiosyncrasy for specialism. He had a practical eye to the money-value of things--and of persons. He carried in his head ...

Language: English

Pages: 108

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 2012

ISBN 13: 9781235992834

Offspring of Thought in Solitude; Modern Essays

William Carew Hazlitt

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Pages: 108

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