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... letters , and sub- sequently of Art . Before considering the question of the utility of critics , it may be worth while to inquire what criticism is . According to the etymological mean- ing of the word , it signifies the art of judging ...
... letters , and sub- sequently of Art . Before considering the question of the utility of critics , it may be worth while to inquire what criticism is . According to the etymological mean- ing of the word , it signifies the art of judging ...
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... letters , " than be cold - shouldered by the critics . " That may not be a universal feeling among authors and painters , musicians and actors , but there is a general desire on the part of " public men and " professionals " to elicit ...
... letters , " than be cold - shouldered by the critics . " That may not be a universal feeling among authors and painters , musicians and actors , but there is a general desire on the part of " public men and " professionals " to elicit ...
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... letter on the subject , included in “ Arrows of the Chace , " Mr. Ruskin writes : - " We are over- whelmed with a tribe of critics who are fully imbued with every kind of knowledge which is useful to the picture - dealer , but with none ...
... letter on the subject , included in “ Arrows of the Chace , " Mr. Ruskin writes : - " We are over- whelmed with a tribe of critics who are fully imbued with every kind of knowledge which is useful to the picture - dealer , but with none ...
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... of pugnacity in men of letters , and even authors whose works have won immortality for them have not , in many instances , thought it beneath their dignity to launch out into angry reprisals when 26 CURIOSITIES OF CRITICISM .
... of pugnacity in men of letters , and even authors whose works have won immortality for them have not , in many instances , thought it beneath their dignity to launch out into angry reprisals when 26 CURIOSITIES OF CRITICISM .
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... letters , that he paid little heed to mere violence of lan- guage , even when proceeding from what were the accredited judgment - seats of those days . " Praise or blame , " says the poet in this letter , " has but a momentary effect on ...
... letters , that he paid little heed to mere violence of lan- guage , even when proceeding from what were the accredited judgment - seats of those days . " Praise or blame , " says the poet in this letter , " has but a momentary effect on ...
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