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Page 25
... Reason are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against Knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
... Reason are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against Knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
Page 117
... reason to hope for " places and employments of value and credit " ; but no such advantages did he ever obtain . It is reported that the King once gave him three hundred guineas ; but of this temporary bounty I find no proof . Wood ...
... reason to hope for " places and employments of value and credit " ; but no such advantages did he ever obtain . It is reported that the King once gave him three hundred guineas ; but of this temporary bounty I find no proof . Wood ...
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... Reason , 25 Reason of Church Government , 64 Regii Sanguinis Clamor , 71-3 Rehearsal , The , 167 , 184 , 202 f . , 303 Religio Laici , 246 Religio Medici , 246 Religious poetry , 173 f . Remarks on Ovid , 367 Repair of St. Paul's , 171 ...
... Reason , 25 Reason of Church Government , 64 Regii Sanguinis Clamor , 71-3 Rehearsal , The , 167 , 184 , 202 f . , 303 Religio Laici , 246 Religio Medici , 246 Religious poetry , 173 f . Remarks on Ovid , 367 Repair of St. Paul's , 171 ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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