We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they did think, write, admire.


Vol. 1, pp. 4–5 - A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts to the Present Day

George Saintsbury Quotes

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they ...

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they ...

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they ...

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they ...