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... supposed , that a youth can think in Latin , or that he can have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases ; but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his ...
... supposed , that a youth can think in Latin , or that he can have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases ; but the authority of the author from whence he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his ...
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Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir ! it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible And without head or tail . i CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius 28 that time, and so decided was the opinion ...
Your poem must eternal be , Dear sir ! it cannot fail , For ' tis incomprehensible And without head or tail . i CHAPTER II . Supposed irritability of men of Genius 28 that time, and so decided was the opinion ...
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Supposed irritability of men of Genius - Brought to the test of Facts -- Causes and Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . ܪ I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward ...
Supposed irritability of men of Genius - Brought to the test of Facts -- Causes and Occasions of the charge - Its Injustice . ܪ I have often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward ...
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But in promiscuous company no prudent man will oppugn the merits of a contemporary in his own supposed department ; contenting him . self with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all ...
But in promiscuous company no prudent man will oppugn the merits of a contemporary in his own supposed department ; contenting him . self with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all ...
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And now finally , all men being supposed able to read , and all readers able to judge , the multitudinous PUBLIC , shaped , into personal unity by the magic of abstraction , sits nominal despot on the throne of criticism .
And now finally , all men being supposed able to read , and all readers able to judge , the multitudinous PUBLIC , shaped , into personal unity by the magic of abstraction , sits nominal despot on the throne of criticism .
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