The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... called a quinta essentia , extracted from the other four . This quintessence is of a catholic use upon all emergen- cies of life , is improvable into all arts and sciences , and may be wonderfully refined , as well as enlarged by ...
... called a quinta essentia , extracted from the other four . This quintessence is of a catholic use upon all emergen- cies of life , is improvable into all arts and sciences , and may be wonderfully refined , as well as enlarged by ...
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... called Babel , by others Chaos ; who had an ancient temple of Gothic structure1 upon Salisbury plain , famous for its shrine , and celebration by pilgrims . When he had some roguish trick to play , " he would down with his knees , up ...
... called Babel , by others Chaos ; who had an ancient temple of Gothic structure1 upon Salisbury plain , famous for its shrine , and celebration by pilgrims . When he had some roguish trick to play , " he would down with his knees , up ...
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... called books , wherein the celestial in- terest was but too deeply concerned . Momus , 18 the patron of the Moderns , made an excellent speech in their favor , which was answered by Pallas , the protectress of the Ancients . The as ...
... called books , wherein the celestial in- terest was but too deeply concerned . Momus , 18 the patron of the Moderns , made an excellent speech in their favor , which was answered by Pallas , the protectress of the Ancients . The as ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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