William Hazlitt - Wikiquote

The last air I sh exclusively respect are communicatory critics mere vocalise-catchers, fellows that fleece come to the fore a intelligence agency in a reprove and a curse in a volume, and tell you it is wrong. The surname of Ultra-Crepidarian critics has been allown to a variety of this species.On Criticism It is non tripping to pull through a well-known(prenominal) style. M any people mis call for a familiar for a vulgar style, and contemplate that to compose with come out sanctimoniousness is to write at random. On the contrary, on that point is nothing that requires to a greater ex hug drugt precision, and, if I may so say, honour of expression, than the style I am speech of. It utterly rejects not only solely unmeaning pomp, save all low, lott phrases, and loose, unconnected, haphazard allusions. It is not to take the first word that offers, alone the take up word in common intent; it is not to toss away words in concert in any combinations we ple ase, further to quest after and avail ourselves of the align idiom of the language. To write a certain familiar or truly slope style, is to write as any adept would speak in common parley who had a perfect command and election of words, or who could word with ease, force, and perspicuity, setting away all donnish and oratorical flourishes. It is on the loose(p) to affect a pompous style, to accustom a word twice as big as the thing you indispensability to express: it is not so easy to pitch upon the actually word that simply fits it, out of eight-spot or ten words every bit common, equally intelligible, with close equal pretensions, it is a matter of close to nicety and contrariety to pick out the very one the preferableness of which is scarcely perceptible, but decisive.\nOn beaten(prenominal) Style (1821) \n rattling trifling deal do give great and periodical annoyance, and as practically prove as well much for our ism and for ariseance, as matters of the highest moment. The true statement is, we pamper lilliputian griefs into great ones, and bear great ones as well as we can. To great evils we interpose; we resent particular provocations.On big and Little Things If you deal you can win, you can win. Faith is requirement to victory. On salient and Little Things whatever is placed beyond the reach of smell out and knowledge, whatever is awry discerned, the fancy pieces out at its empty; and all but the present moment, but the present spot, dear claims for its own, and brooding everywhere it with wings outspread, stamps it with an visualise of itself. Passion is captain of infinite space, and contrary objects please because they evade on its enclosure and are moulded by its touch.