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More episodes of the podcast The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things by William Hazlitt

• 01 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1
• 02 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2
• 03 - On Dreams
• 04 - On the Conversation of Authors
• 05 - On the Same Subject Continued
• 06 - On Reason and Imagination
• 07 - On Application to Study
• 08 - On Londoners and Country People, part 1
• 09 - On Londoners and Country People, part 2
• 10 - On the Spirit of Obligations
• 11 - On the Old Age of Artists
• 12 - On Envy (A Dialogue)
• 13 - On Sitting for One's Picture
• 14 - Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers
• 15 - On the Pleasure of Hating
• 16 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1
• 17 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2
• 18 - On Egotism, part 1
• 19 - On Egotism, part 2
• 20 - Hot and Cold
• 21 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1
• 22 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2
• 23 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1
• 24 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2
• 25 - On the Look of a Gentleman
• 26 - On Reading Old Books
• 27 - On Personal Character, part 1
• 28 - On Personal Character, part 2
• 29 - On People of Sense
• 30 - On Antiquity
• 31 - On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1
• 32 - On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2
• 33 - On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1
• 34 - On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2
• 35 - On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1
• 36 - On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2
• 37 - On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1
• 38 - On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2
• 39 - Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars
• 40 - Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare
• 41 - On Depth and Superficiality, part 1
• 42 - On Depth and Superficiality, part 2
• 43 - On Respectable People
• 44 - On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1
• 45 - On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2