The Literary Character; Or, The History of Men of Genius: Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions. Literary Miscellanies; and an Inquiry Into the Character of James the FirstF. Warne, 1867 - Всего страниц: 462 |
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... studies . - Men in office . The arbiters of public opinion . Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity CHAPTER III . PAGE . 11 14 Of artists , in the history of men of literary genius . - Their habits and pursuits analogous ...
... studies . - Men in office . The arbiters of public opinion . Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity CHAPTER III . PAGE . 11 14 Of artists , in the history of men of literary genius . - Their habits and pursuits analogous ...
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... studies . - The self - educated are marked by stubborn peculi- arities . Their errors . - Their improvement from the neglect or con- tempt they incur . - The history of self - education in Moses Men . delssohn . - Friends usually ...
... studies . - The self - educated are marked by stubborn peculi- arities . Their errors . - Their improvement from the neglect or con- tempt they incur . - The history of self - education in Moses Men . delssohn . - Friends usually ...
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... studies in life .-- Oc- cupations in advanced age of the literary character . Of literary men who have died at their studies • CHAPTER XXIII . - • 238 Universality of genius . - Limited notion of genius entertained by the ancients ...
... studies in life .-- Oc- cupations in advanced age of the literary character . Of literary men who have died at their studies • CHAPTER XXIII . - • 238 Universality of genius . - Limited notion of genius entertained by the ancients ...
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... studies of your domestic solitude to our metropolitan authors , the contrast , if not encouraging , is at least extraordinary . You are not unaware that the revolutions of Society have operated on our literature , and that new classes ...
... studies of your domestic solitude to our metropolitan authors , the contrast , if not encouraging , is at least extraordinary . You are not unaware that the revolutions of Society have operated on our literature , and that new classes ...
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... studies . - Men in office . - The arbiters of public opinion . - Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity . THE pursuits of literature have been openly or insidiously lowered by those literary men who , from motives not ...
... studies . - Men in office . - The arbiters of public opinion . - Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity . THE pursuits of literature have been openly or insidiously lowered by those literary men who , from motives not ...
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