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... sort of officers- valuers of authors ' flesh , something like the old . market - lookers . They are commonly called tasters ( or prægustatores ) , because they eat a mouthful of every book beforehand , and tell the people whether its ...
... sort of officers- valuers of authors ' flesh , something like the old . market - lookers . They are commonly called tasters ( or prægustatores ) , because they eat a mouthful of every book beforehand , and tell the people whether its ...
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... sort of public recognition . Next to getting a book published , the great point is to get it reviewed . Authors of world- wide reputation can afford , as has been already said , to be more indifferent about the matter , inasmuch as they ...
... sort of public recognition . Next to getting a book published , the great point is to get it reviewed . Authors of world- wide reputation can afford , as has been already said , to be more indifferent about the matter , inasmuch as they ...
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... sort of opinion from the press . The publicity must be advan- tageous , or it would not be sought after . There must be some benefit , or hope of benefit , in it , or singers and players , writers and limners , would not all be inviting ...
... sort of opinion from the press . The publicity must be advan- tageous , or it would not be sought after . There must be some benefit , or hope of benefit , in it , or singers and players , writers and limners , would not all be inviting ...
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... sort of impertinence . Outspoken opinion , if it be tem- perate and reasonable , can do no harm , and it is possible that it may do a vast amount of good . * There is no reason why we should always be taking refuge behind a veil of ...
... sort of impertinence . Outspoken opinion , if it be tem- perate and reasonable , can do no harm , and it is possible that it may do a vast amount of good . * There is no reason why we should always be taking refuge behind a veil of ...
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... sort . They are all tarred with the same brush . No good thing , it is scornfully assumed , can come out of such a Nazareth . The detractors of criticism have had experience of only one side of it , and they judge from that , without ...
... sort . They are all tarred with the same brush . No good thing , it is scornfully assumed , can come out of such a Nazareth . The detractors of criticism have had experience of only one side of it , and they judge from that , without ...
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