The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney D. C. Heath, 1980 - 765 pages |
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Page 220
... less superable to ourselves by habitual terrors . When evils cannot be avoided , it is wise to contract the interval of expectation ; to meet the mischiefs which will over- take us if we fly ; and suffer only their real malig- nity ...
... less superable to ourselves by habitual terrors . When evils cannot be avoided , it is wise to contract the interval of expectation ; to meet the mischiefs which will over- take us if we fly ; and suffer only their real malig- nity ...
Page 305
... 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 your choice of ...
... 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 your choice of ...
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... less . You will find sub- stance without extension . An ideal form is no less real than material bulk : yet an ideal form has no extension . It is no less certain , when you think on a pyramid , that your mind possesses the idea of a ...
... less . You will find sub- stance without extension . An ideal form is no less real than material bulk : yet an ideal form has no extension . It is no less certain , when you think on a pyramid , that your mind possesses the idea of a ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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