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His , William Empson has said , is that rare gift of seeing the general truth in fresh ways and of discovering the most nearly perfect vehicle of expression to embody and express that truth . The virtue is propriety , a bond of intimacy ...
His , William Empson has said , is that rare gift of seeing the general truth in fresh ways and of discovering the most nearly perfect vehicle of expression to embody and express that truth . The virtue is propriety , a bond of intimacy ...
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nature , ” the “ grandeur of generality ” are key terms in his praise of the writer who eschews fad and fashion , outlives his age , and offers the nourishment of truth to succeeding ages . “ The irregular combinations of fanciful ...
nature , ” the “ grandeur of generality ” are key terms in his praise of the writer who eschews fad and fashion , outlives his age , and offers the nourishment of truth to succeeding ages . “ The irregular combinations of fanciful ...
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and on the brightness of the imagination as opposed to the mysteries of the intellect : For of all The inhabitants of earth , to man alone Creative Wisdom gave to lift his eye To Truth's eternal measures ; thence to frame The sacred ...
and on the brightness of the imagination as opposed to the mysteries of the intellect : For of all The inhabitants of earth , to man alone Creative Wisdom gave to lift his eye To Truth's eternal measures ; thence to frame The sacred ...
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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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