The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... lives of a philosopher , a hermit , and an astronomer . Even the wonders of the pyramids — indeed , of the Great ... live . " Each member of the group proceeds to describe a plan for achieving personal happiness . Rasselas wants a ...
... lives of a philosopher , a hermit , and an astronomer . Even the wonders of the pyramids — indeed , of the Great ... live . " Each member of the group proceeds to describe a plan for achieving personal happiness . Rasselas wants a ...
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... live according to nature , in obedience to that universal and unalter- able law with which every heart is originally im- pressed ; which is not written on it by precept , but engraven by destiny , not instilled by education , but ...
... live according to nature , in obedience to that universal and unalter- able law with which every heart is originally im- pressed ; which is not written on it by precept , but engraven by destiny , not instilled by education , but ...
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... live on to love less and less : and , if those whom nature has thus closely united are the torments of each other , where shall we look for tenderness and consola- tion ? " " Surely , said the prince , you must have been unfortunate in ...
... live on to love less and less : and , if those whom nature has thus closely united are the torments of each other , where shall we look for tenderness and consola- tion ? " " Surely , said the prince , you must have been unfortunate in ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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