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... A year or two hence , I hope to have more to say upon this topic , or the interests it represents , and to speak with more ripeness both as to the matter and the form . M. F. CONTENTS . A SHORT ESSAY ON CRITICS . PART I. 8 PREFACE .
... A year or two hence , I hope to have more to say upon this topic , or the interests it represents , and to speak with more ripeness both as to the matter and the form . M. F. CONTENTS . A SHORT ESSAY ON CRITICS . PART I. 8 PREFACE .
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... Speak the best word that is in thee . " Or they are regular ar- ticles got up to order by the literary hack writer , for the literary mart , and the only law is to make them plausible . There is not yet deliberate recognition of a ...
... Speak the best word that is in thee . " Or they are regular ar- ticles got up to order by the literary hack writer , for the literary mart , and the only law is to make them plausible . There is not yet deliberate recognition of a ...
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... speak , and make it better known to us in so far as two statements are better than one . There are beautiful specimens in this kind . They are pleasing to us as bearing witness of the genial sympa- thies of nature . They have the ready ...
... speak , and make it better known to us in so far as two statements are better than one . There are beautiful specimens in this kind . They are pleasing to us as bearing witness of the genial sympa- thies of nature . They have the ready ...
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... speak but to an intelligent ear , and every noble work demands its critic . The richer the work , the more severe ... speaking in music . He must have as good an eye and as fine a sense ; but if he had as fine an organ for expression ...
... speak but to an intelligent ear , and every noble work demands its critic . The richer the work , the more severe ... speaking in music . He must have as good an eye and as fine a sense ; but if he had as fine an organ for expression ...
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... speak as inan to man . But if he adapts his work to us , if he stifles what is dis- tinctively his , if he shows himself either arrogant or mean , or , above all , if he wants faith in the healthy action of free thought , and the safety ...
... speak as inan to man . But if he adapts his work to us , if he stifles what is dis- tinctively his , if he shows himself either arrogant or mean , or , above all , if he wants faith in the healthy action of free thought , and the safety ...
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