The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 1Johns Hopkins Press, 1939 - Criticism |
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... Ideas would raise in us , if they were set before us in the same light that those Ideas give us of them . And here I desire the Reader to observe , that Ideas in Meditation are often very different from what Ideas of the same Objects ...
... Ideas would raise in us , if they were set before us in the same light that those Ideas give us of them . And here I desire the Reader to observe , that Ideas in Meditation are often very different from what Ideas of the same Objects ...
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... Ideas . And therefore the stronger the Enthusiasm is , the greater must the Ideas be . Now those Ideas are certainly the greatest , which are worthiest to move the greatest and the wisest Men : for there the Enthusiastick Passions in ...
... Ideas . And therefore the stronger the Enthusiasm is , the greater must the Ideas be . Now those Ideas are certainly the greatest , which are worthiest to move the greatest and the wisest Men : for there the Enthusiastick Passions in ...
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... Ideas must most exalt the Soul , but Religious Ideas are the highest . The more the Soul is moved by the greatest Ideas , the more it conceives . them ; but the more it conceives of the greatest Ideas , the greater Opinion it must have ...
... Ideas must most exalt the Soul , but Religious Ideas are the highest . The more the Soul is moved by the greatest Ideas , the more it conceives . them ; but the more it conceives of the greatest Ideas , the greater Opinion it must have ...
Contents
Preface to The Passion of Byblis 1692 | 1 |
The Impartial Critick 1693 | 11 |
Preface to The Court of Death 1695 | 42 |
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