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... Supposed irritability of genius brought to the test of facts- Causes and occasions of the charge - Its injustice • III . The Author's obligations to Critics , and the probable occasion -Principles of modern criticism — Mr . Southey's ...
... Supposed irritability of genius brought to the test of facts- Causes and occasions of the charge - Its injustice • III . The Author's obligations to Critics , and the probable occasion -Principles of modern criticism — Mr . Southey's ...
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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 writer from whom he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his thoughts ...
... 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 writer from whom he has adopted them . Consequently he must first prepare his thoughts ...
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... Supposed irritability of men of genius brought to the test of facts- Causes and occasions of the charge - Its injustice . I HAVE often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward into ...
... Supposed irritability of men of genius brought to the test of facts- Causes and occasions of the charge - Its injustice . I HAVE often thought , that it would be neither uninstructive nor unamusing to analyze , and bring forward into ...
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... supposed depart- ment ; contenting himself with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all to oppose the pretensions of individuals , I would oppose them in books which could be weighed ...
... supposed depart- ment ; contenting himself with praising in his turn those whom he deems excellent . If I should ever deem it my duty at all to oppose the pretensions of individuals , I would oppose them in books which could be weighed ...
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... 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 . But , alas ! as in other despotisms , it but ...
... 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 . But , alas ! as in other despotisms , it but ...
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