Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... truth by calling imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a fairly wide field . But , when he set about to illustrate his idea of pleasure ' and ' truth , ' of ...
... truth by calling imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a fairly wide field . But , when he set about to illustrate his idea of pleasure ' and ' truth , ' of ...
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... truth divine , So numberless the stars that to our eye It makes all but one galaxy : Yet Reason must assist too ; for in seas So vast and dangerous as these , Our course by stars above we cannot know Without the compass too below ...
... truth divine , So numberless the stars that to our eye It makes all but one galaxy : Yet Reason must assist too ; for in seas So vast and dangerous as these , Our course by stars above we cannot know Without the compass too below ...
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... truth , and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians . Let me not be censured for this digression as ped- antick or paradoxical ; for if I have Milton against me , I have ...
... truth , and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians . Let me not be censured for this digression as ped- antick or paradoxical ; for if I have Milton against me , I have ...
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