The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 12Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller University Press, 1970 - English literature |
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... genius ; and , great as were the merits of his chief eighteenth century predecessors , he was able to compass achievements , in some essential respects markedly different from theirs , and , at the same time , so comprehensive and many ...
... genius ; and , great as were the merits of his chief eighteenth century predecessors , he was able to compass achievements , in some essential respects markedly different from theirs , and , at the same time , so comprehensive and many ...
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... genius , very probably one who has toiled for years to make himself master of his subject , a man whose merits a later age will freely acknowledge , is ' brought up for judgment , ' as Jeffrey would say , before some clever writer whose ...
... genius , very probably one who has toiled for years to make himself master of his subject , a man whose merits a later age will freely acknowledge , is ' brought up for judgment , ' as Jeffrey would say , before some clever writer whose ...
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... genius when they meet it , and may as in Shelley's preference for Leigh Hunt to Keats prefer contemporary mediocrity1 . It is not given to all men - even to all editors - to recognise genius when they meet it . ' On the other hand ...
... genius when they meet it , and may as in Shelley's preference for Leigh Hunt to Keats prefer contemporary mediocrity1 . It is not given to all men - even to all editors - to recognise genius when they meet it . ' On the other hand ...
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