Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 148
... mind 2 . Before the profound observers of the present race repose too securely on the consciousness of their superiority to Addison , let them consider his Remarks on Ovid3 , in which may be found specimens of criticism sufficiently ...
... mind 2 . Before the profound observers of the present race repose too securely on the consciousness of their superiority to Addison , let them consider his Remarks on Ovid3 , in which may be found specimens of criticism sufficiently ...
Page 254
... mind was ratiocination . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 327 . 3 Post , POPE , 202-6 . Johnson criti- cizes also the reasoning in the Essay on Man . Post , POPE , 190 , 363-6 . Dr. Warton says that ' Dr. Johnson strangely asserts that Pope might have ...
... mind was ratiocination . ' Ante , DRYDEN , 327 . 3 Post , POPE , 202-6 . Johnson criti- cizes also the reasoning in the Essay on Man . Post , POPE , 190 , 363-6 . Dr. Warton says that ' Dr. Johnson strangely asserts that Pope might have ...
Page 338
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violation of those truths of which we are most certain , and we , of course , conceive those facts most certain which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
... mind , which naturally loves truth , is always most offended with the violation of those truths of which we are most certain , and we , of course , conceive those facts most certain which approach nearest to our own time . Out of this ...
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