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... principles of human nature and with funda- mental ideas . There is a quite valuable kind of critic to whom a book is ... principle of form they are doing a humble but useful service to artists . Their com- ments on books are often ...
... principles of human nature and with funda- mental ideas . There is a quite valuable kind of critic to whom a book is ... principle of form they are doing a humble but useful service to artists . Their com- ments on books are often ...
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... principle of writing than to furnish rules how to pass judgment on what has been written by others , " he is defining that form of criticism in which he is supreme among critics . Lamb can be more instant in the detec- tion of beauty ...
... principle of writing than to furnish rules how to pass judgment on what has been written by others , " he is defining that form of criticism in which he is supreme among critics . Lamb can be more instant in the detec- tion of beauty ...
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... Principles of modern criticism — Mr . Southey's works and character IV . The Lyrical Ballads with the Preface - Mr . Wordsworth's earlier poems - On Fancy and Imagination - The investi- gation of the distinction important to the Fine ...
... Principles of modern criticism — Mr . Southey's works and character IV . The Lyrical Ballads with the Preface - Mr . Wordsworth's earlier poems - On Fancy and Imagination - The investi- gation of the distinction important to the Fine ...
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... principles from which the judgment , that they are defects , is deduced - Their proportion to the beauties -For the greatest part characteristic of his theory only . SATYRANE'S LETTERS XXIII . Critique on Bertram XXIV . Conclusion ...
... principles from which the judgment , that they are defects , is deduced - Their proportion to the beauties -For the greatest part characteristic of his theory only . SATYRANE'S LETTERS XXIII . Critique on Bertram XXIV . Conclusion ...
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... principle which I had never entertained . Neverthe- less , had I had no other motive or incitement , the reader would not ... principles , to poetry and criti- cism . But of the objects , which I proposed to myself , it was not the least ...
... principle which I had never entertained . Neverthe- less , had I had no other motive or incitement , the reader would not ... principles , to poetry and criti- cism . But of the objects , which I proposed to myself , it was not the least ...
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