The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... reason weaves , by passion is undone . Trace Science then , with modesty thy guide ; First strip off all her equipage of pride ; Deduct but what is vanity or dress , Or learning's luxury , or idleness ; Or tricks to show the stretch of ...
... reason weaves , by passion is undone . Trace Science then , with modesty thy guide ; First strip off all her equipage of pride ; Deduct but what is vanity or dress , Or learning's luxury , or idleness ; Or tricks to show the stretch of ...
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... reason ” ; not animal rationale — a “ rational animal . ” Man has sold out his birthright , but is not totally damned ; he is capable of reason and hence of reform . The great digression on madness in A Tale of a Tub is a chilling ...
... reason ” ; not animal rationale — a “ rational animal . ” Man has sold out his birthright , but is not totally damned ; he is capable of reason and hence of reform . The great digression on madness in A Tale of a Tub is a chilling ...
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... reason underlies the law and order of nature , human reason is an extension and mir- roring of that universal harmony . " Nature , " said Dennis , paraphrasing D'Aubignac , is " that Rule and Order and Harmony which we find in the vis ...
... reason underlies the law and order of nature , human reason is an extension and mir- roring of that universal harmony . " Nature , " said Dennis , paraphrasing D'Aubignac , is " that Rule and Order and Harmony which we find in the vis ...
Contents
Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
Copyright | |
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