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... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of ...
... reason . ' We do well to keep this definition in our mind while tracing its gradual embodiment and illustration in ... reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of ...
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... Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical poetry . The stanzas against knowledge produce little conviction . In those which are intended 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 intended to exalt the human faculties , Reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging , not ...
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... reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they lived ; for though nature , as he objects , is the same in all places , and reason too the ...
... reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they lived ; for though nature , as he objects , is the same in all places , and reason too the ...
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