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... nature is necessary ; our speculations upon matter are volun- tary , and at leisure . Physiological learning is of ... nature to specula- tions upon life ; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to ...
... nature is necessary ; our speculations upon matter are volun- tary , and at leisure . Physiological learning is of ... nature to specula- tions upon life ; but the innovators whom I oppose are turning off attention from life to ...
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... nature do not seem to be al- ways copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate obser- vation . He saw nature , as Dryden expresses it , through the spectacles of books ; and on most oc ...
... nature do not seem to be al- ways copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate obser- vation . He saw nature , as Dryden expresses it , through the spectacles of books ; and on most oc ...
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... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faintness and ...
... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecility , which degrades nature by faintness and ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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