The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... learning . A mock - heroic in four books , it lacks the delicate artistry of The Rape of the Lock , yet its ruggedness of tone , its uncompromising commitment to truth , and its hatred of pretension are powerful . It is , without doubt ...
... learning . A mock - heroic in four books , it lacks the delicate artistry of The Rape of the Lock , yet its ruggedness of tone , its uncompromising commitment to truth , and its hatred of pretension are powerful . It is , without doubt ...
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... Learning and Rome alike in empire grew ; And arts still follow'd where her eagles flew ; From the same foes , at last , both felt their doom , And the same age saw Learning fall , and Rome . With Tyranny , then Superstition join'd , As ...
... Learning and Rome alike in empire grew ; And arts still follow'd where her eagles flew ; From the same foes , at last , both felt their doom , And the same age saw Learning fall , and Rome . With Tyranny , then Superstition join'd , As ...
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... learning puffeth men up ; and , secondly , they proved it by the following syllogism : Words are but wind ; and learning is nothing but words ; ergo , learning is nothing but wind . For this reason , the philosophers among them did , in ...
... learning puffeth men up ; and , secondly , they proved it by the following syllogism : Words are but wind ; and learning is nothing but words ; ergo , learning is nothing but wind . For this reason , the philosophers among them did , in ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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