10 Results found for "Hazlitt".

Hazlittian

Hazlitt +‎ -ian Hazlittian (comparative more Hazlittian, superlative most Hazlittian) Of or relating to William Hazlitt (1778–1830), English writer, remembered...


ale-house

1819, William Hazlitt, “A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.”, in A. R. Waller, Arnold Glover, editors, The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, volume 1, London:...


gloveless

+‎ -less gloveless (not comparable) Without gloves. 1900, William Carew Hazlitt, The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall 421-1797: The...


nurr

(plural nurrs) Alternative form of knur Quoted in 1905, William Carew Hazlitt, Faiths and Folklore (volume 2, page 595) [The boys] have taken possession...


yard of clay

where for many years, surrounded by such admirers as Byron, Tom Moore and Hazlitt, he smoked his yard of clay, drained his glass of 'daffy', and […]...


a' God's name

"The Adventures of Five Hours", in 1876, Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, page 217: SIL. What, a' God's...


heartfelt

expressed her heartfelt sympathies at the death of his mother. 1820, William Hazlitt, “Lecture I. Introductory.”, in Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature...


lackadaisical

uninterested, lethargic the lackadaisical look on his face 1822, William Hazlitt, “On the Disadvantages of Intellectual Superiority”, in Table-Talk, volume...


affectation

pedantic affectations concerning the passion of love ... 1820, William Hazlitt, “Lecture I. Introductory.”, in Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature...


slip-halter

Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene, Lady Alimony, act 4, scene 6; republished in Hazlitt, William Carew, editor, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, volume...