 Hazlitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if not critical." The case with me is directly the reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of works of the imagination, but I have never habituated myself to dissect them. Perhaps I enjoy them the more...  The North American Review - Page 7401909Full view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1887 - 628 pages
...poetry, or the fine arts, which I would not burn if Iliad the power. Hailitt used to say of himself, 'lam nothing if not critical.' The case with me is directly...have never habituated myself to dissect them. Perhaps 1 enjoy them the more keenly for that very reason. Such books as Lessing's ' Laocoon,' such passages... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1876 - 832 pages
...say, ' I am nothing if not critical.' The case with me," says Macaulay, "is precisely tbe reverse, T have a strong and acute enjoyment of works of the...enjoy them the more keenly for that very reason. Such books as Lessing's Laocoon, such passages as the criticism on Hamlet in WilJitlm Meister, fill me with... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 pages
...written a page of criticism on poetry, or the fine arts, which I would not burn if I had the power. Hazlitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if...enjoy them the more keenly, for that very reason. Such books as Lessing's Laocobn,* such passages as the criticism on Hamlet in Wilhelm Meister, fill me with... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - Fine bindings - 1876 - 504 pages
...a page of criticism on poetry, or the fme arts, which I would not burn if I had the power. Ilazlitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if not critical."...enjoy them the more keenly, for that very reason. Such books as Lessing's Laocoon,1 such passages as the criticism on Hamlet in Wilhelm Meister, fill me with... | |
 | American periodicals - 1876 - 814 pages
...Hazlitt used to say, ' I am nothing if not critical.' The case with me," says Macaulay, " is precisely the reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of...dissect them. Perhaps I enjoy them the more keenly tor that very reason. Such books as Lessing's Laocoon, such passages as the criticism on Hamlet in... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - English essays - 1879 - 426 pages
...Hazlitt used to say, ' I am nothing if not critical.' The case with me," says Macaulay, " is precisely the reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of...enjoy them the more keenly for that very reason. Such books as Lessing's ' Laocoon,' such passages as the crit1cism on ' Hamlet ' in ' Wilhelm Meister,'... | |
 | Macvey Napier - College librarians - 1879 - 618 pages
...I leave it to yourself to make the comparison. I am sure that on reflection you will agree with me. Hazlitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if...the reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of great works of the imagination ; but I have never habituated myself to dissect them. Perhaps I enjoy... | |
 | Macvey Napier - College librarians - 1879 - 586 pages
...I leave it to yourself to make the comparison. I am sure that on reflection you will agree with me. Hazlitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if...the reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of great works of the imagination ; but I have never habituated myself to dissect them. Perhaps I enjoy... | |
 | American periodicals - 1887 - 992 pages
...of criticism on poetry, or the ßiie arts, vjhiek f "wcntld not burn if I hiicf the power. Htuiitt used to say of himself, " I am nothing if not critical." The case with me is directly tkt reverse. I have a strong and acute enjoyment of works of the imagination ; but I have never habituated... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - Authors, English - 1898 - 300 pages
...powers were limited. " I am not successful," he wrote, " in analyzing the effect of works of genius. Hazlitt used to say of himself, ' I am nothing if...critical.' The case with me is directly the reverse." His want of success was far greater than he knew. It was not merely in the analysis, but in the discovery... | |
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