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Page 70
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own im- mense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own im- mense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
Page 128
... accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the situa ...
... accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the situa ...
Page 304
... accept it ; and this is that the work of art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know no explanation , that the ...
... accept it ; and this is that the work of art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know no explanation , that the ...
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