Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
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Page 7
... turn making this known to create a current of true and fresh ideas . " Nor , again , ought we entirely to confine our attention to the perfectly legitimate , but at the same time the narrow and technical , sense in which criticism is ...
... turn making this known to create a current of true and fresh ideas . " Nor , again , ought we entirely to confine our attention to the perfectly legitimate , but at the same time the narrow and technical , sense in which criticism is ...
Page 8
... turn to the other example , which I mentioned a moment ago , of the more specialised fields of critical activity — the aesthetic criticism of the arts - it will , I think , be found that the output , though even more copious , possesses ...
... turn to the other example , which I mentioned a moment ago , of the more specialised fields of critical activity — the aesthetic criticism of the arts - it will , I think , be found that the output , though even more copious , possesses ...
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... turn out that some of our most vaunted assets are after all bad debts ; but , whatever comes or goes , one can hardly doubt that the establishment which our age has witnessed of the sovereignty of the historic method will be counted to ...
... turn out that some of our most vaunted assets are after all bad debts ; but , whatever comes or goes , one can hardly doubt that the establishment which our age has witnessed of the sovereignty of the historic method will be counted to ...
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... turns over these infinitely varied pages , to find what fits his taste . Literature in our days tends to become more and more specialised ; there are vast and ever - increasing tracts which are made inaccessible to the general reader by ...
... turns over these infinitely varied pages , to find what fits his taste . Literature in our days tends to become more and more specialised ; there are vast and ever - increasing tracts which are made inaccessible to the general reader by ...
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... in the course of his life a long series of unsatisfactory visits . This is his first experience . He says : " When you deal with a rascal , turn him to the light . I got him to the 66 light . His eyes shrank , his face was 40 II BIOGRAPHY.
... in the course of his life a long series of unsatisfactory visits . This is his first experience . He says : " When you deal with a rascal , turn him to the light . I got him to the 66 light . His eyes shrank , his face was 40 II BIOGRAPHY.
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