“On Tuesday, the 14th of January, 1812. at this
Institution, Mr. Hazlitt will commence a
course of
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FATE OF THE LECTURES.
lectures on the rise
and progress of modern philosophy, containing an historical and critical
account of the principal writers who have treated on moral and metaphysical
subjects, from the time of Lord Bacon to
the present day. Tickets of admission, &c. (as before).”
William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
English essayist and literary critic; author of Characters of
Shakespeare's Plays (1817), Lectures on the English Poets
(1818), and The Spirit of the Age (1825).
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Author: William Carew Hazlitt
Title:Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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