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Pagina 453
But he wilfully shuts his eyes to the germs and indistinct workings of genius , and treats them with supercilious indifference , till they stare him in the face through the press ; and then takes cognizance only of the overt acts and ...
But he wilfully shuts his eyes to the germs and indistinct workings of genius , and treats them with supercilious indifference , till they stare him in the face through the press ; and then takes cognizance only of the overt acts and ...
Pagina 608
The number of candidates for fame , and of pretenders to criticism , is thus increased beyond all proportion , while the quantity of genius and feeling remains the same ; with this difference , that the man of genius is lost in the ...
The number of candidates for fame , and of pretenders to criticism , is thus increased beyond all proportion , while the quantity of genius and feeling remains the same ; with this difference , that the man of genius is lost in the ...
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But I may say of him here , that he is the only person I ever knew who answered to the idea of a man of genius . He is the only person from whom I ever learnt anything . There is only one thing he could learn from me in return ...
But I may say of him here , that he is the only person I ever knew who answered to the idea of a man of genius . He is the only person from whom I ever learnt anything . There is only one thing he could learn from me in return ...
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