“I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.”

— William Hazlitt

"On Going on a Journey"
Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)

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English writer 1778–1830

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