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... criticism ; perhaps it is the only subject in which criticism can be useful.1 Here , in the first edition , occurs : " To mark out , therefore , the corruptions that have found way into the republic of letters , to attempt the rescuing ...
... criticism ; perhaps it is the only subject in which criticism can be useful.1 Here , in the first edition , occurs : " To mark out , therefore , the corruptions that have found way into the republic of letters , to attempt the rescuing ...
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... criticism be at all requisite to promote the interests of learning , its rules should be taken from among the inhab- itants , and adapted to the genius and temper , of the coun- try it attempts to refine . I must own it , though ...
... criticism be at all requisite to promote the interests of learning , its rules should be taken from among the inhab- itants , and adapted to the genius and temper , of the coun- try it attempts to refine . I must own it , though ...
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... Criticism can only improve our taste in the useful . But this , as we observed , is different in every climate and country , what is useful in one climate being often noxious in another ; therefore , criticism must understand the nature ...
... Criticism can only improve our taste in the useful . But this , as we observed , is different in every climate and country , what is useful in one climate being often noxious in another ; therefore , criticism must understand the nature ...
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CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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