The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, 第 48 巻A. Constable, 1828 |
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... tion which is the source of all that is great and elevated . It is , moreover , easy to see that hereditary professions are highly ob- jectionable on other grounds . One trade might have an excess of hands , and in another they might be ...
... tion which is the source of all that is great and elevated . It is , moreover , easy to see that hereditary professions are highly ob- jectionable on other grounds . One trade might have an excess of hands , and in another they might be ...
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... tion of castes , as now existing , or in the habits or customs of the natives , to hinder them from advancing in civilization and wealth . It is needless , after what we have already stated , to direct the attention of our readers to Mr ...
... tion of castes , as now existing , or in the habits or customs of the natives , to hinder them from advancing in civilization and wealth . It is needless , after what we have already stated , to direct the attention of our readers to Mr ...
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... tion that we owe them to that cause . The same Vasari , how- ever , blames him , somewhat unjustly , because he was much an- noyed at being robbed of a considerable sum , and accusing him of irreligion on that account , says- Fùe Pietro ...
... tion that we owe them to that cause . The same Vasari , how- ever , blames him , somewhat unjustly , because he was much an- noyed at being robbed of a considerable sum , and accusing him of irreligion on that account , says- Fùe Pietro ...
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... tion in England , that an artist who has succeeded in acquiring even a very limited and imperfect stock of knowledge , is on that account entitled to great praise , and cannot , with justice , be blamed for his deficiencies . There are ...
... tion in England , that an artist who has succeeded in acquiring even a very limited and imperfect stock of knowledge , is on that account entitled to great praise , and cannot , with justice , be blamed for his deficiencies . There are ...
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... tion of the admiration which the man of genius may claim for a successful effort . If we take away one circumstance , which , in fact , does not at all affect the exaltation of the art , that the exhibition of his portrait serves to ...
... tion of the admiration which the man of genius may claim for a successful effort . If we take away one circumstance , which , in fact , does not at all affect the exaltation of the art , that the exhibition of his portrait serves to ...
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