The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 4J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1930 - 408 pages |
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... genius . The love of fame implies a knowledge of its existence . The men of the greatest genius , whether poets or philosophers , who lived in the first ages of society , only just emerging from the gloom of ignorance and barbarism ...
... genius . The love of fame implies a knowledge of its existence . The men of the greatest genius , whether poets or philosophers , who lived in the first ages of society , only just emerging from the gloom of ignorance and barbarism ...
Page 163
... genius for them would attempt to practise them , so none but those who had a natural taste for them would pretend to judge of or criticise them . This must be an incalculable advantage to the man of true genius , for it is no other than ...
... genius for them would attempt to practise them , so none but those who had a natural taste for them would pretend to judge of or criticise them . This must be an incalculable advantage to the man of true genius , for it is no other than ...
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... genius , nor reflected them . The shifting shapes of fancy , the rainbow hues of things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but such as he could measure with a ...
... genius , nor reflected them . The shifting shapes of fancy , the rainbow hues of things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but such as he could measure with a ...
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