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Pagina vii
... studies.- Men in office . - The arbiters of public opinion . - Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity ...... CHAPTER II . Of the Adversaries of Literary Men among themselves . - Matter - of- fact Men , and Men of Wit ...
... studies.- Men in office . - The arbiters of public opinion . - Those who treat the pursuits of literature with levity ...... CHAPTER II . Of the Adversaries of Literary Men among themselves . - Matter - of- fact Men , and Men of Wit ...
Pagina viii
... studies . - The self - edu- cated are marked by stubborn peculiarities . Their errors . Their improvement from the ne- glect or contempt they incur .-- The history of self - education in Moses Mendelssohn . - Friends usually prejudicial ...
... studies . - The self - edu- cated are marked by stubborn peculiarities . Their errors . Their improvement from the ne- glect or contempt they incur .-- The history of self - education in Moses Mendelssohn . - Friends usually prejudicial ...
Pagina x
... studies in life . -Occupations in advanced age of the literary character . - Of li- terary men who have died at their studies . CHAPTER XXIII . Universality of Genius . - Limited notion of genius entertained by 387 394 405 the ancients ...
... studies in life . -Occupations in advanced age of the literary character . - Of li- terary men who have died at their studies . CHAPTER XXIII . Universality of Genius . - Limited notion of genius entertained by 387 394 405 the ancients ...
Pagina xi
... studies ........ who commenced their literary life with ardour , and found their genius obstructed by numerous causes ... who have never published their works ... provincial , liable to bad pas- sions ... 72 73 74 - why their interest ...
... studies ........ who commenced their literary life with ardour , and found their genius obstructed by numerous causes ... who have never published their works ... provincial , liable to bad pas- sions ... 72 73 74 - why their interest ...
Pagina xiv
... studies , and his magnificent projects ..... PAGE 151 doubts that his labours will reach posterity .... - 66 - he values ' the furniture " of his mind 152 153 - his bust striking from its phy- siognomy . 154 the ruins of his mind ...
... studies , and his magnificent projects ..... PAGE 151 doubts that his labours will reach posterity .... - 66 - he values ' the furniture " of his mind 152 153 - his bust striking from its phy- siognomy . 154 the ruins of his mind ...
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