Hazlitt

American  

[haz-lit] / ˈhæz lɪt /

noun

1. William, 1778–1830, English critic and essayist.

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Hazlitt British  

/ ˈhæzlɪt /

noun

1. William. 1778–1830, English critic and essayist: works include Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (1817), Table Talk (1821), and The Plain Speaker (1826)

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Example Sentences

Never one to be discouraged by his persistent bad luck, Hunt turned his cell into a salon visited by William Hazlitt and Thomas Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in true theatre fashion, the phrase "the show must go on" was put into action as senior technician James Wood took his place at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent, with 45 minutes' notice.

From BBC

He acknowledged in Hazlitt magazine that while he “actively broke” his mother’s Russian rituals, they were “a reminder of a home I’m in danger of forgetting.”

From Washington Post

And I was staying at the hotel, Hazlitt’s, so Elena came to do the fitting with me there.

From New York Times

On a hammock in August 1981, discovering William Hazlitt in a paperback borrowed from the owners, overlooking a pond, not too buggy.

From New York Times