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... opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Hazlitt's statement , however , does not cut deep enough ; for ...
... opinion and common sense ; for it can only expose to instantaneous contempt that which is condemned by public opinion , and is hostile to the common sense of mankind . Hazlitt's statement , however , does not cut deep enough ; for ...
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... opinion of a line of mine , & always had an horror at the idea of any body else doing it . To me he constantly spoke with strong dislike over the idea of female Readers , & Writers . As I so carefully avoided every thing which cou'd ...
... opinion of a line of mine , & always had an horror at the idea of any body else doing it . To me he constantly spoke with strong dislike over the idea of female Readers , & Writers . As I so carefully avoided every thing which cou'd ...
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... opinion , is all very good , but if it is used to condemn imaginative work it must be the result of a majority opinion , not merely the judgment of one man . Many condemn the flights of heroic poetry as bombast . Such critics had better ...
... opinion , is all very good , but if it is used to condemn imaginative work it must be the result of a majority opinion , not merely the judgment of one man . Many condemn the flights of heroic poetry as bombast . Such critics had better ...
Contents
The Beggars Opera | 14 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
Suggestions toward a Genealogy of The Man of Feeling | 61 |
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