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... knowledge may be fometimes found buried perhaps in grofs- nefs of expreffion , but ufeful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which ...
... knowledge may be fometimes found buried perhaps in grofs- nefs of expreffion , but ufeful to those who know their value ; and fuch as , when they are expanded to perfpicuity , and polished to elegance , may give luftre to works which ...
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... Knowledge : The facred tree midft the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were ...
... Knowledge : The facred tree midft the fair orchard grew ; The phoenix Truth did on it reft , And built his perfum'd neft , That right Porphyrian tree which did true logic shew . Each leaf did learned notions give , And th ' apples were ...
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... knowledge ; Dryden could have sup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The 1 The verfes to Davenant , which are vigo- rously begun COWLEY . 59.
... knowledge ; Dryden could have sup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The 1 The verfes to Davenant , which are vigo- rously begun COWLEY . 59.
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... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper task affigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
... knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended to exalt the human faculties , Reafon has its proper task affigned it ; that of judging , not of things revealed , but of the reality of revelation . In the verses for ...
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... knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly furprised into fome improvement . But , confidered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick ...
... knowledge flows in upon his page , so that the reader is commonly furprised into fome improvement . But , confidered as the verses of a lover , no man that has ever loved will much commend them . They are neither courtly nor pathetick ...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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