The Spirit of the Age
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The Spirit of the Age is a collection of character sketches by the early 19th century English essayist, literary critic, and social commentator William Hazlitt, portraying 25 men, mostly British, whom
Title page of The Spirit of the Age 2nd London edition
William Hazlitt in 1825 (engraving derived from a chalk sketch by William Bewick)
Jeremy Bentham by Henry William Pickersgill, detail
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William Hazlitt
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William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the E
Self-portrait from about 1802
House in Wem, Shropshire, where the Reverend William Hazlitt and his family lived between 1787 and 1813
Portrait of Charles Lamb by William Hazlitt, 1804
The back of No. 19, York Street (1848). In 1651 John Milton moved into a "pretty garden-house" in Petty France. He lived there until the Restoration. Later it became No. 19 York Street, belonged to Jeremy Bentham, was occupied successively by James Mill and William Hazlitt, and was demolished in 1877.