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Page 107
... mind ; what we knew before , we cannot learn ; what is not unexpected , cannot surprise . Of the idea suggested by ... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and umble adoration . Known truths , however ...
... mind ; what we knew before , we cannot learn ; what is not unexpected , cannot surprise . Of the idea suggested by ... mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and umble adoration . Known truths , however ...
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... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shows a man who , having by the incessant perusal of incredible tales subjected his understanding to his imagina- tion , and familiarised his mind by pertinacious ...
... mind of the greatest powers may be indebted without disgrace . Cervantes shows a man who , having by the incessant perusal of incredible tales subjected his understanding to his imagina- tion , and familiarised his mind by pertinacious ...
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... mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects of a vigorous genius operating upon large materials . The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather ...
... mind very comprehensive by nature , and much enriched with acquired knowledge . His compositions are the effects of a vigorous genius operating upon large materials . The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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