Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
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... , must conform . The first and perhaps the most obvious requirement of criticism is that it should be open - minded , many - sided , not sectarian but 66 catholic . Partisanship , which in the active con- I 11 CRITICISM.
... , must conform . The first and perhaps the most obvious requirement of criticism is that it should be open - minded , many - sided , not sectarian but 66 catholic . Partisanship , which in the active con- I 11 CRITICISM.
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... perhaps be permitted to suggest even of so finished a master of the art as Matthew Arnold that his growing zeal against Philistines , dissenters , and dogmatists , if it did not actually blur the clear serenity of his vision , at any ...
... perhaps be permitted to suggest even of so finished a master of the art as Matthew Arnold that his growing zeal against Philistines , dissenters , and dogmatists , if it did not actually blur the clear serenity of his vision , at any ...
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... - Thomas de Quincey . From the time of Milton , with perhaps the exception of Burke , it may be doubted whether that unsurpassed instrument of expression- English prose - has ever been handled with such a 14 I CRITICISM.
... - Thomas de Quincey . From the time of Milton , with perhaps the exception of Burke , it may be doubted whether that unsurpassed instrument of expression- English prose - has ever been handled with such a 14 I CRITICISM.
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... a party to that worst form of ex post facto legislation which imports modern standards of thought and taste into our judgments of the past . C It is perhaps encouraging in this connection to remind ourselves I 17 CRITICISM.
... a party to that worst form of ex post facto legislation which imports modern standards of thought and taste into our judgments of the past . C It is perhaps encouraging in this connection to remind ourselves I 17 CRITICISM.
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Herbert Henry Asquith. It is perhaps encouraging in this connection to remind ourselves , who are novices in this great art , of the evidence which shows that neither culture , nor intuition , nor the completest union of both , has saved ...
Herbert Henry Asquith. It is perhaps encouraging in this connection to remind ourselves , who are novices in this great art , of the evidence which shows that neither culture , nor intuition , nor the completest union of both , has saved ...
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