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... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied t knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begu and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticis very justly conceived and happily expressed . Cowley ...
... knowledge ; Dryden could have supplied t knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begu and happily concluded , contain some hints of criticis very justly conceived and happily expressed . Cowley ...
Page 72
... knowledge of external nature and the sciences which that knowledge requires or in cludes , are not the great or the frequent business of th human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversa tion , whether we wish to be useful or ...
... knowledge of external nature and the sciences which that knowledge requires or in cludes , are not the great or the frequent business of th human mind . Whether we provide for action or conversa tion , whether we wish to be useful or ...
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... knowledge : nature gives in vain the power of combination , unless study and ob- servation supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he ...
... knowledge : nature gives in vain the power of combination , unless study and ob- servation supply materials to be combined . Butler's treasures of knowledge appear proportioned to his ex- pence : whatever topick employs his mind , he ...
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