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To such a performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain ...
To such a performance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily concluded , contain ...
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But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation ...
But the truth is , that the knowledge of external nature , and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes , are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversation ...
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His works abound with knowledge , and sparkle with illustrations . There is scarcely any science or faculty that does not supply him with occasional images and lucky similitudes ; every page discovers a mind very widely acquainted both ...
His works abound with knowledge , and sparkle with illustrations . There is scarcely any science or faculty that does not supply him with occasional images and lucky similitudes ; every page discovers a mind very widely acquainted both ...
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