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... genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private ap- plication and study , than upon any system of instruction that is ca- pable of being publicly communicated . But at the same time , though rules and ...
... genius to be favourable , more by a great deal will depend upon private ap- plication and study , than upon any system of instruction that is ca- pable of being publicly communicated . But at the same time , though rules and ...
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... genius to execute well , will enable taste to criticise justly . When we name criticising , prejudices may perhaps arise , of the same kind with those which I mentioned before with respect to rhe- toric . As rhetoric has been sometimes ...
... genius to execute well , will enable taste to criticise justly . When we name criticising , prejudices may perhaps arise , of the same kind with those which I mentioned before with respect to rhe- toric . As rhetoric has been sometimes ...
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... genius , whether in poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue ...
... genius , whether in poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue ...
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... genius , the senti- ment which attends them is obscure and confused . He cannot peint out the several excellencies or blemishes of a performance which he peruses ; he is at a loss on what to rest his judgment : all that can be expected ...
... genius , the senti- ment which attends them is obscure and confused . He cannot peint out the several excellencies or blemishes of a performance which he peruses ; he is at a loss on what to rest his judgment : all that can be expected ...
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... genius ; and hence arises a second and a very consi- derable source of the improvement of taste , from the application of reason and good sense to such productions of genius . Spurious beauties , such as unnatural characters , forced ...
... genius ; and hence arises a second and a very consi- derable source of the improvement of taste , from the application of reason and good sense to such productions of genius . Spurious beauties , such as unnatural characters , forced ...
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Page 466 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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