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Page 24
... knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me doubtful of his discernment in the productions of our own day : no one could attach so great a value to that work who had an intimate knowledge of ...
... knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me doubtful of his discernment in the productions of our own day : no one could attach so great a value to that work who had an intimate knowledge of ...
Page 81
... knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly prejudice of the intellectual that his is the only one that counts . The True , the Good and the Beautiful are not the per- quisites of those who ...
... knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly prejudice of the intellectual that his is the only one that counts . The True , the Good and the Beautiful are not the per- quisites of those who ...
Page 192
... knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning some- thing when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making ...
... knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning some- thing when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making ...
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