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Page viii
... criticism of the ages . A piece of literature may be judged in two ways , absolutely or relatively ; and , while it is true that every work of art has eventually to make its appeal absolutely and in isolation , it is even truer that the ...
... criticism of the ages . A piece of literature may be judged in two ways , absolutely or relatively ; and , while it is true that every work of art has eventually to make its appeal absolutely and in isolation , it is even truer that the ...
Page 288
... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
... criticism , written when he was yet a timorous candidate for reputation , and therefore laboured with that diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the ...
Page 289
... criticism has the majesty of a queen ; Rymer's has the ferocity of a tyrant . As he had studied with great diligence the art of poetry , and enlarged or rectified his notions , by experience per- petually increasing , he had his mind ...
... criticism has the majesty of a queen ; Rymer's has the ferocity of a tyrant . As he had studied with great diligence the art of poetry , and enlarged or rectified his notions , by experience per- petually increasing , he had his mind ...
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