"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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William Carew Hazlitt
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