BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY

HAZLITT'S SPIRIT OF THE AGE

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THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE

OR

CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS

FOURTH EDITION

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

FREE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND A
LETTER TO WILLIAM GIFFORD

BY

WILLIAM HAZLITT

EDITED BY W. CAREW HAZLITT.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS

YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN

1886

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