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Pagina xvi
... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of ...
... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of ...
Pagina xvii
... reason and the moral sense become too frequently identified , what a feast of reason and a flow of witty common- sense is always at the disposal of his rich and abun- dant genius ! The autocratic judgement is not more characteristic of ...
... reason and the moral sense become too frequently identified , what a feast of reason and a flow of witty common- sense is always at the disposal of his rich and abun- dant genius ! The autocratic judgement is not more characteristic of ...
Pagina 31
... 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 task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
... 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 task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
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