Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 48
... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the Ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . this indecent arrogance the following quotation from his ...
... learning . By the transient glances which I have thrown upon them , I have observed an affected contempt of the Ancients , and a supercilious derision of transmitted knowledge . this indecent arrogance the following quotation from his ...
Page 49
... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudition ; and that I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that sig- nifies nothing for the service of mankind ...
... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudition ; and that I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that sig- nifies nothing for the service of mankind ...
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... learning has been depreciated . He certainly was in his early life a man of great literary curiosity ; and when he wrote his Essay on Criticism had , for his age , a very wide acquaintance with books . When he entered into the living ...
... learning has been depreciated . He certainly was in his early life a man of great literary curiosity ; and when he wrote his Essay on Criticism had , for his age , a very wide acquaintance with books . When he entered into the living ...
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