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Pagina 113
His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of
metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In
those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper ...
His two metrical disquisitions for and against Reason , are no mean specimens of
metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In
those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper ...
Pagina 237
One reason is , because whatever actors they have found , the event has been
the same ; that is , the same passions have been always moved : which shews ,
that there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves , conducing to
the ...
One reason is , because whatever actors they have found , the event has been
the same ; that is , the same passions have been always moved : which shews ,
that there is something of force and merit in the plays themselves , conducing to
the ...
Pagina 321
For which he wrote afterwards , A mighty maze , but not without a plan : for , if
there were no plan , it was in vain to describe or trace the maze . The other
alteration was of these lines : And spite of pride , and in thy reason ' s spite , One
truth is ...
For which he wrote afterwards , A mighty maze , but not without a plan : for , if
there were no plan , it was in vain to describe or trace the maze . The other
alteration was of these lines : And spite of pride , and in thy reason ' s spite , One
truth is ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Lives of the English Poets |
| Auteur | Samuel Johnson |
| Redacteur | Robert Montagu |
| Uitgever | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Lengte | 420 pagina's |
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