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... 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 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 ...
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... mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
... mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote