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" But no man can be a true critic or connoisseur who does not possess a universality of mind, who does not possess the flexibility, which, throwing aside all personal predilections and blind habits, enables him to transport himself into the peculiarities... "
Loudon's Architectural Magazine: And Journal of Improvement in Architecture ... - Page 307
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

1846 - 444 pages
...possesses not a universality of mind, nor the flexibility which, throwing aside all personal predelictions and blind habits, enables him to transport himself...them, as it were, from their proper central point, and what ennobles human nature; and to recognise and respect whatever is beautiful and grand, under those...
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION

percy b. st. john - 1846 - 436 pages
...possesses not a universality of mind, nor the flexibility which, throwing aside all personal predelictions and blind habits, enables him to transport himself into the peculiarities of other nges and nations, to feel them, as it were, from their proper central point, and what ennobles human...
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The Musical World, Volume 33

1855 - 856 pages
...flexibility which enables him, by renouncing all personal predilections and blind habits, to adapt himself to the peculiarities of other ages and nations ; to feel...them, as it were, from their proper central point, and what enables human nature to recognise and duly appreciate whatever is beautiful and grand, under the...
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Essays and Criticisms

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, William Carew Hazlitt - 1880 - 458 pages
...a true critic or connoisseur who does not possess a universality of mind, who does not possess the flexibility which, throwing aside all personal predilections...as it were from their proper central point, and— what ennobles human nature, to recognize and respect whatever is beautiful and grand under those external...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 20

John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 532 pages
...a true critic or connoisseur who does not possess a universality of mind, who does not possess the flexibility which, throwing aside all personal predilections...as it were, from their proper central point ; and what enables human nature to recognize and respect whatever is beautiful and grand under those external...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Contributions to the Edinburgh review

William Hazlitt - 1904 - 454 pages
...circumscribed. But no man can be a true critic or connoisseur, who does not possess a universality of mind, — who does not possess that flexibility which, throwing...nations, — to feel them as it were from their proper and central point, — and to recognize and respect whatever is beautiful and grand under those external...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ..., Volume 20

John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 pages
...a true critic or connoisseur who does not possess a universality of mind, who does not possess the flexibility which, throwing aside all personal predilections...as it were, from their proper central point ; and what enables human nature to recognize and respect whatever is beautiful and grand under those external...
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Anglo-Indian Studies

Siddha Mohana Mitra - 1913 - 574 pages
...be a true critic or connoisseur without universality of mind. He must be able " to adapt himself to the peculiarities of other ages and nations — to...them, as it were, from their proper central point." This is the spirit in which to approach the Hindu drama. The Mrichchhakatika deals with the love of...
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Literary Criticism: Pope to Croce

Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...flexibility which enables him, by renouncing all personal predilections and blind habits, to adapt himself to the peculiarities of other ages and nations — to...as it were, from their proper central point, and, what ennobles human nature, to recognize and duly appreciate whatever is beautiful and grand under...
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German Aesthetic and Literary Criticism: The Romantic Ironists and Goethe

Kathleen M. Wheeler, David Simpson - 1984 - 276 pages
...flexibility which enables him, by renouncing all personal predilections and blind habits, to adapt himself to the peculiarities of other ages and nations to feel...as it were, from their proper central point, and, what ennobles human nature, to recognize and duly appreciate whatever is beautiful and grand under...
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