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Page 46
... light and shade , high and low , barren and fertile , and so on , as Ovid had emphasized the interaction of land , water , air , and fire . There is some verbal resemblance be- tween the couplet Here in full light the russet Plains ...
... light and shade , high and low , barren and fertile , and so on , as Ovid had emphasized the interaction of land , water , air , and fire . There is some verbal resemblance be- tween the couplet Here in full light the russet Plains ...
Page 74
... light and darkness ( 203-216 ) — as the Argument of the Second Epistle says , " The limits near , yet the things separate and evident . " Man , therefore , must be the creator of his own moral being , ordering his own Chaos . The ...
... light and darkness ( 203-216 ) — as the Argument of the Second Epistle says , " The limits near , yet the things separate and evident . " Man , therefore , must be the creator of his own moral being , ordering his own Chaos . The ...
Page 148
... Light To lead thee on , but never guide thee right ; Let Active Thought assisting Sense pursue Coy Truth's retreat , and take an open view : What ever Things are born , their Minds receive The fatal Temper which that Sign can give That ...
... Light To lead thee on , but never guide thee right ; Let Active Thought assisting Sense pursue Coy Truth's retreat , and take an open view : What ever Things are born , their Minds receive The fatal Temper which that Sign can give That ...
Contents
The Rape of a Myth | 7 |
The Wild Heap and the Ordered Frame | 33 |
Manilius Creech and An Essay on Man | 105 |
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