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Page 301
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets , ' and the critic that tastes poetry , his ruin meets . ... to tire him nor puzzle myself with pedantic rules and pragmatical formulas of criticism that can do no good to any body .
The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets , ' and the critic that tastes poetry , his ruin meets . ... to tire him nor puzzle myself with pedantic rules and pragmatical formulas of criticism that can do no good to any body .
Page 319
This would save a great deal of labour in vain : anonymous critics might pounce upon the defenceless heads of fictitious candidates for fame and bread ; reviews , from being novels founded upon facts , would aspire to be pure romances ...
This would save a great deal of labour in vain : anonymous critics might pounce upon the defenceless heads of fictitious candidates for fame and bread ; reviews , from being novels founded upon facts , would aspire to be pure romances ...
Page 346
This tragedy was not critic - proof : it had its cracks and flaws and breaches , through which the enemy marched in ... warning to indiscreet writers , who venture beyond the pale of periodical taste and con- ventional criticism .
This tragedy was not critic - proof : it had its cracks and flaws and breaches , through which the enemy marched in ... warning to indiscreet writers , who venture beyond the pale of periodical taste and con- ventional criticism .
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| Title | The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Volume 6 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, Percival Presland Howe |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Editors | Percival Presland Howe, Alfred Rayney Waller, Arnold Glover |
| Compiled by | James Thornton |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent and Sons, Limited, 1931 |
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