"Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own." [<i>The Sick Chamber</i> (<i>The New Monthly Magazine </i>, August 1830)] - William Hazlitt

"Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own."

[The Sick Chamber (The New Monthly Magazine , August 1830)]

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About William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson.

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Alternative Names: Wm. Haslett William Carew Hazlitt

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