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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book format. (Summary by Leni)

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On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1 (Bob Gonzalez)
On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2 (Bob Gonzalez)
On Dreams (Martin Geeson)
On the Conversation of Authors (klbonds)
On the Same Subject Continued (klbonds)
On Reason and Imagination (Dave Gauer)
On Application to Study (Nicole Lee)
On Londoners and Country People, part 1 (Patrick Wallace)
On Londoners and Country People, part 2 (Patrick Wallace)
On the Spirit of Obligations (MaryAnn)
On the Old Age of Artists (Nicole Lee)
On Envy (A Dialogue) (Nicole Lee)
On Sitting for One's Picture (MaryAnn)
Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers (Availle)
On the Pleasure of Hating (Availle)
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1 (Stephen Marsh)
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2 (Stephen Marsh)
On Egotism, part 1 (Nicole Lee)
On Egotism, part 2 (Nicole Lee)
Hot and Cold (Nicole Lee)
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1 (Nicole Lee)
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2 (Nicole Lee)
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1 (Mark Mickelson)
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2 (Mark Mickelson)
On the Look of a Gentleman (Sandra Luna)
On Reading Old Books (Sandra Luna)
On Personal Character, part 1 (Helen Falconer)
On Personal Character, part 2 (Helen Falconer)
On People of Sense (Sandra Luna)
On Antiquity (Nicole Lee)
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1 (Chieko Steely)
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2 (Chieko Steely)
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1 (Nicole Lee)
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2 (Nicole Lee)
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1 (Anna Simon)
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2 (Anna Simon)
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1 (Nicole Lee)
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2 (Nicole Lee)
Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars (MaryA)
Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare (Sandra Luna)
On Depth and Superficiality, part 1 (Mike Pelton)
On Depth and Superficiality, part 2 (Mike Pelton)
On Respectable People (Martin Geeson)
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1 (Kalynda)
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2 (Kalynda)
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