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But because human judgment , though it be gradually gaining upon certainty , never becomes infallible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire ...
But because human judgment , though it be gradually gaining upon certainty , never becomes infallible ; and approbation , though long continued , may yet be only the approbation of prejudice or fashion ; it is proper to inquire ...
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They continued with their kind inviter a few days longer , and then went forward to find the hermit . XX THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY XXI On the next day they continued their journey , till the heat compelled them to look round for shelter ...
They continued with their kind inviter a few days longer , and then went forward to find the hermit . XX THE DANGER OF PROSPERITY XXI On the next day they continued their journey , till the heat compelled them to look round for shelter ...
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I have mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgement . “ Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a ...
I have mentioned the early impressions made upon his tender imagination by his mother , who continued her pious cares with assiduity , but , in his opinion , not with judgement . “ Sunday ( said he ) was a heavy day to me when I was a ...
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Contents
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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