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... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticism very justly conceived and happily expressed ...
Pagina 73
... knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires 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 ...
... knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires 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 ...
Pagina 185
... knowledge of each other ; for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district , to distinguish the friends of the king , the adherents to the parliament , and the neutrals . How far they proceeded does not appear ; the ...
... knowledge of each other ; for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district , to distinguish the friends of the king , the adherents to the parliament , and the neutrals . How far they proceeded does not appear ; the ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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