 | 1885 - 478 str.
...contrary decision, I should not have remained silent till now. My function is that of the wsthetic, not the doctrinal teacher ; the rousing of the nobler...mind, however strongly moved by social sympathy, is not the best judge. It is one tiling to feel keenly for one's fellow-creatures— another to say this... | |
 | 1885 - 1024 str.
...; it gives the hand, as it were, to several other instances that may be found in the same pages. " My function is that of the (esthetic, not the doctrinal...by social sympathy, is often not the best judge." That is the passage referred to in my parenthetic allusion, and it is a good general description of... | |
 | 1885 - 612 str.
...describes her position with absolute accuracy. •• My function," she says, " is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher. The rousing of the nobler...by social sympathy, is often not the best judge." She more than once states that her purpose is so to picture life in its reality as to make the reader... | |
 | 1885 - 612 str.
...well described it, " that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal, tcr.clicr—the rousing of the r.obler emotions, which make mankind desire the social right,...by social sympathy, is often not the best judge." That function she well and consistently fulfilled, and that function, though differing from that of... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 370 str.
...emotions, which Taylor, make mankind desire the social right, not the prescribi8thJuly, . , 1s7s. ing of special measures, concerning which the artistic...the best judge. It is one thing to feel keenly for one,s fellow-beings ; another to say, " This step, and this alone, will be the best to take for the... | |
 | 1885 - 1234 str.
...friends, the judgment of history. She has said of herself that her function is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher — the rousing of the nobler...social right, not the prescribing of special measures. The supreme purpose of all her work is ethical. Literary talent did not manifest itself until she was... | |
 | Henry James - 1888 - 514 str.
...several other instances that may be found in the same pages. " My function is that of the oesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher ; the rousing of the nobler...by social sympathy, is often not the best judge." That is the passage referred to in my parenthetic allusion, and it is a good general description of... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - 1891 - 192 str.
...show the sacredness which attached to George Eliot's calling as she viewed its functions : — . ' My function is that of the (esthetic, not the ' doctrinal...judge. It is one thing ' to feel keenly for one's fellow-being ; another ' to say, " This step, and this alone, will be the ' best to take for the removal... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - 1896 - 228 str.
...viewed its functions :— ' My function is that of the (esthetic, not the ' doctrinal teacher—the rousing of the nobler ' emotions, which make mankind...judge. It is one thing ' to feel keenly for one's fellow-being; another ' to say, " This step, and this alone, will be the ' best to take for the removal... | |
 | 1899 - 136 str.
...health or other apparent causes. In this way a past despondency has turned to a present hopefulness. My function is that of the esthetic not the doctrinal...another to say, " This step, and this alone, will be best to take for the removal of particular calamities." But at least one prefers doing a hard duty... | |
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My function is that of the aesthetic, not the doctrinal teacher; the rousing of the nobler emotions, which make mankind desire the social right, not the prescribing of special measures, concerning which the artistic mind, however strongly moved by social... 
