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In consequence of this , their next principle was , that man brings with him into the world a peculiar portion or grain of wind , which may be called a quinta essentia , extracted from the other four . This quintessence is of a catholic ...
In consequence of this , their next principle was , that man brings with him into the world a peculiar portion or grain of wind , which may be called a quinta essentia , extracted from the other four . This quintessence is of a catholic ...
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He was , besides , a person of great design and improvement in affairs of devotion , having introduced a new deity , who hath since met with a vast number of worshippers , by some called Babel , by others Chaos ; who had an ancient ...
He was , besides , a person of great design and improvement in affairs of devotion , having introduced a new deity , who hath since met with a vast number of worshippers , by some called Babel , by others Chaos ; who had an ancient ...
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The senate assembled , he declares the occasion of convening them ; a bloody battle just impendent between two mighty armies of Ancient and Modern creatures , called books , wherein the celestial interest was but too deeply concerned .
The senate assembled , he declares the occasion of convening them ; a bloody battle just impendent between two mighty armies of Ancient and Modern creatures , called books , wherein the celestial interest was but too deeply concerned .
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General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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