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... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different appearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate images . This Milton ...
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... mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old bookseller , told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . * The reason of this general perusal Addison has attempted ...
... mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old bookseller , told me , he had not known it equalled but by Sacheverell's trial . * The reason of this general perusal Addison has attempted ...
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... mind , Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
... mind , Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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