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Page 117
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact ...
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , which he must improve and exalt by a nobler art , must animate by dramatick energy , and diversify by retrospection and anticipation ; morality must teach him the exact ...
Page 143
Imagination is useless without 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 ...
Imagination is useless without 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 ...
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A life of escapes and indigence could supply oetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament summoned by Charles the econd ( March 8 , 1661 ) , Waller sat for Hastings in ussex , and served for different places in all the ...
A life of escapes and indigence could supply oetry with no splendid images . In the first parliament summoned by Charles the econd ( March 8 , 1661 ) , Waller sat for Hastings in ussex , and served for different places in all the ...
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