The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiarities of ex- PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE . 1. Aristotle , Metaphysics , I , 5 . cellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the fa ...
... continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire , by what peculiarities of ex- PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE . 1. Aristotle , Metaphysics , I , 5 . cellence Shakespeare has gained and kept the fa ...
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... continued their journey , till the heat compelled them to look round for shelter . At a small distance they saw a thick wood , which they no sooner entered than they perceived that they were approaching the habitations of men . The ...
... continued their journey , till the heat compelled them to look round for shelter . At a small distance they saw a thick wood , which they no sooner entered than they perceived that they were approaching the habitations of men . The ...
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... continued her pious cares with as- siduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgement . “ Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My mother confined me on that day , and made me read " The Whole Duty of Man , ' from ...
... continued her pious cares with as- siduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgement . “ Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy . My mother confined me on that day , and made me read " The Whole Duty of Man , ' from ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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