Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830Nonesuch Press, 1934 - 807 pagina's |
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Pagina 568
... taste ; that it is , like a foreign religion , adopted for the moment , to answer a purpose or to please an idle humour ; that we do not enter into the dialect of truth and nature in their works as we do in our own ; and that ...
... taste ; that it is , like a foreign religion , adopted for the moment , to answer a purpose or to please an idle humour ; that we do not enter into the dialect of truth and nature in their works as we do in our own ; and that ...
Pagina 608
... taste is not the same thing as the im- provement of taste ; but it is only the former of these objects that is promoted by public institutions and other artificial means . The number of candidates for fame , and of pretenders to ...
... taste is not the same thing as the im- provement of taste ; but it is only the former of these objects that is promoted by public institutions and other artificial means . The number of candidates for fame , and of pretenders to ...
Pagina 633
... taste and knowledge . " I would not wish to have your eyes , " said a good - natured man to a critic , who was finding fault with a picture , in which the other saw no blemish . Why so ? The idea which prevented him from admiring this ...
... taste and knowledge . " I would not wish to have your eyes , " said a good - natured man to a critic , who was finding fault with a picture , in which the other saw no blemish . Why so ? The idea which prevented him from admiring this ...
Inhoudsopgave
On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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