Curiosities of CriticismChatto and Windus, 1881 - 168 páginas |
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... judges in Literature and Art being unable to hold the balance with fairness , and being deficient in that fine taste with- out which criticism , properly called , is impossible , it is clear that the term critic has undergone con ...
... judges in Literature and Art being unable to hold the balance with fairness , and being deficient in that fine taste with- out which criticism , properly called , is impossible , it is clear that the term critic has undergone con ...
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... judges sit enthroned on their apathy to the beautiful and their ignorance of the true , and , with a canopy of canvas between them and the sky , and a wall of tradition , which may not be broken through , concealing from them the ...
... judges sit enthroned on their apathy to the beautiful and their ignorance of the true , and , with a canopy of canvas between them and the sky , and a wall of tradition , which may not be broken through , concealing from them the ...
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... that , and delivers his verdict with the calm and passionless honesty of an impartial judge , he renders a signal service to all who read what he writes . CHAPTER II . WHAT AUTHORS HAVE SAID ABOUT CRITICS . 16 CURIOSITIES OF CRITICISM .
... that , and delivers his verdict with the calm and passionless honesty of an impartial judge , he renders a signal service to all who read what he writes . CHAPTER II . WHAT AUTHORS HAVE SAID ABOUT CRITICS . 16 CURIOSITIES OF CRITICISM .
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... judge , but against all judges , as being ignorant , and pre- judiced , and partial , and vowing that there is no such thing as fair appreciation and a due recogni- tion of honest worth - no , not at all . There is a good deal of ...
... judge , but against all judges , as being ignorant , and pre- judiced , and partial , and vowing that there is no such thing as fair appreciation and a due recogni- tion of honest worth - no , not at all . There is a good deal of ...
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... judge from that , without regard to the possibility of there being another and a better side . They have been smitten and they are sore . Hinc illa lachrymæ ! Hence these railings and revilings ! CHAPTER III . HYPERCRITICISM AND ...
... judge from that , without regard to the possibility of there being another and a better side . They have been smitten and they are sore . Hinc illa lachrymæ ! Hence these railings and revilings ! CHAPTER III . HYPERCRITICISM AND ...
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