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Milton’s house No. 19, York Street, Westminster, occupied by Hazlitt 1812–1819.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
WILLIAM HAZLITT
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| FREE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 1 |
| POLITICAL ESSAYS | 25 |
| ADVERTISEMENT, ETC., FROM THE ELOQUENCE OF THE BRITISH SENATE | 387 |
| NOTES | 427 |
FREE THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS
IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO
A MEMBER OF THE OLD OPPOSITION
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
This pamphlet of 46 8vo pages was published by the author himself in 1806.The title-page was ‘Free Thoughts on Public Affairs, or Advice to a Patriot; ina Letter addressed to a Member of the Old Opposition. London, Printed byTaylor & Co., Shoe Lane, and sold by J. Budd, Crown & Mitre, Pall Mall, 1806.’Mr. W. C. Hazlitt reprinted the pamphlet from the author’s own copy in 1885(Bohn’s Library, The Spirit of the Age, etc.), and that reprint forms the text ofthe present edition. The pamphlet is exceedingly rare. Mr. Alexander Irelandknew of only one copy, that which belonged to Mr. W. C. Hazlitt. This hecaused to be transcribed; but it has not been possible to collate the present textwith either the original or Mr. Ireland’s transcription.
ADVICE TO A PATRIOT;
IN A LETTER ADDRESSED
TO A MEMBER OF THE OLD OPPOSITION
Sir, If the opposition