The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... present extent , will be able to express his thoughts without further help from other nations . As it has been my principal design to inculcate wisdom or piety , I have allotted few papers to the idle sports of imagination . Some ...
... present extent , will be able to express his thoughts without further help from other nations . As it has been my principal design to inculcate wisdom or piety , I have allotted few papers to the idle sports of imagination . Some ...
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... present state , whatever it be , we feel , and are forced to confess , the misery , yet , when the same state is again at a distance , imagination paints it as de- sirable . But the time will surely come , when de- sire will be no ...
... present state , whatever it be , we feel , and are forced to confess , the misery , yet , when the same state is again at a distance , imagination paints it as de- sirable . But the time will surely come , when de- sire will be no ...
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... present world . " " The things that are now before us , said the princess , require attention , and deserve it . What have I to do with the heroes or the monuments of ancient times ? with times which never can return , and heroes ...
... present world . " " The things that are now before us , said the princess , require attention , and deserve it . What have I to do with the heroes or the monuments of ancient times ? with times which never can return , and heroes ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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