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... nature , and the sciences which that knowledge re- quires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first ...
... nature , and the sciences which that knowledge re- quires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation , whether we wish to be useful or pleasing , the first ...
Pagina 33
... nature do not seem to be al- ways copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate ob- servation . He saw nature , as Dryden expresses it , through the spectacles of books ; and on most oc ...
... nature do not seem to be al- ways copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate ob- servation . He saw nature , as Dryden expresses it , through the spectacles of books ; and on most oc ...
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... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faint- ness ...
... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faint- ness ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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