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Chapter I
THE PREFACE The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things. The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
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a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “THE PREFACE”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
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From this reading To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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to be able to, or to be allowed to
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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
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From this reading The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
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From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
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From this reading The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
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From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
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From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
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From this reading The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
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From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading THE PREFACE
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From this reading To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PREFACE
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From this reading The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
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From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
which person or people
From this reading The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
