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... interest- ing . But artistic failure is not in itself interesting , nor often interesting in any way : artistic success always is . To interest is the first duty of art ; no other excellences will even begin to compensate for failure in ...
... interest- ing . But artistic failure is not in itself interesting , nor often interesting in any way : artistic success always is . To interest is the first duty of art ; no other excellences will even begin to compensate for failure in ...
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... interest himself in collecting coins , minerals , and fossils . The desire to classify these led him into bypaths of ordinary scientific training . At the age of thirteen his interest in Egypt was roused by a chance purchase , Piazzi ...
... interest himself in collecting coins , minerals , and fossils . The desire to classify these led him into bypaths of ordinary scientific training . At the age of thirteen his interest in Egypt was roused by a chance purchase , Piazzi ...
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... interest in his appearance and none at all in his dress . We were all affectionately proud of him , the North of Scotland because he had won his fame there as a prince among Scottish preachers as well as in other fields less generally ...
... interest in his appearance and none at all in his dress . We were all affectionately proud of him , the North of Scotland because he had won his fame there as a prince among Scottish preachers as well as in other fields less generally ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 13 |
ROMANTIC POETRY AND THE FINE ARTS Warton Lecture on English | 101 |
BERKELEYS ARGUMENT ABOUT MATERIAL SUBSTANCE Philo | 119 |
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