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Page 4
... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called un- soundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many me- trical compositions which , on other grounds ...
... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called un- soundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many me- trical compositions which , on other grounds ...
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... thing which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the busi- ness of poetry is ...
... thing which is not material . But of this something we have no idea . We can define it only by negatives . We can reason about it only by symbols . We use the word ; but we have no image of the thing ; and the busi- ness of poetry is ...
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... thing unsound , these flesh flies detect it with an unerring instinct , and dart upon it with a ravenous delight . If some good end has been attained in spite of them , they feel , with their prototype , that " Their labour must be to ...
... thing unsound , these flesh flies detect it with an unerring instinct , and dart upon it with a ravenous delight . If some good end has been attained in spite of them , they feel , with their prototype , that " Their labour must be to ...
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... things , we are at a loss to con- ceive how the same persons who , on the fifth of November , thank God for wonder ... thing more were wanting to the justification of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish it . That miserable ...
... things , we are at a loss to con- ceive how the same persons who , on the fifth of November , thank God for wonder ... thing more were wanting to the justification of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish it . That miserable ...
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... thing is forgotten but the victory of Agincourt . Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of Italian Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest re ...
... thing is forgotten but the victory of Agincourt . Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of Italian Courage was now no longer necessary even to the military character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest re ...
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