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... ancients in 1690 , with his essay Upon the Ancient and Modern Learning . There , Temple tried to explode the modern view that one could prove historically the superiority of modern over ancient civilization . Unfortunately , in making ...
... ancients in 1690 , with his essay Upon the Ancient and Modern Learning . There , Temple tried to explode the modern view that one could prove historically the superiority of modern over ancient civilization . Unfortunately , in making ...
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... ancient and modern books at the royal library , St. James's . It soon becomes obvious from his choice of words and tone , however , that the historian , far from being neutral , favors the ancients . Nevertheless , in other sections ...
... ancient and modern books at the royal library , St. James's . It soon becomes obvious from his choice of words and tone , however , that the historian , far from being neutral , favors the ancients . Nevertheless , in other sections ...
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... Ancient Rome . In a later edition , it was given the half - title Of False Taste . Pope's epistle in some senses treats a subject that falls within the limits of these names , for the poem praises his wealthy friend Burlington , who ...
... Ancient Rome . In a later edition , it was given the half - title Of False Taste . Pope's epistle in some senses treats a subject that falls within the limits of these names , for the poem praises his wealthy friend Burlington , who ...
Contents
John Dryden 16311700 | 4 |
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL | 11 |
MAC FLECKNOE | 37 |
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