Eighteenth-century English LiteratureGeoffrey Tillotson, Paul Fussell, Marshall Waingrow A survey of prose, poetry, and drama from the Restoration to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Treats major authors in depth but also includes lesser but important writers to give a completer picture of the century. |
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Page 210
... Mankind . And this a great Testimony , because it is the Testimony of an Enemy extorted by the meer light and force of Truth . And on the contrary ; Nothing is more ordinary than for Vice to reprove Sin , and to hear Men condemn the ...
... Mankind . And this a great Testimony , because it is the Testimony of an Enemy extorted by the meer light and force of Truth . And on the contrary ; Nothing is more ordinary than for Vice to reprove Sin , and to hear Men condemn the ...
Page 290
... Mankind . Nor can this Criticism be thought high - strain'd . Tho Few confine themselves to these Rules ; Few are insensible of ' em . Whatever Quarter we may give to our vitious Poets , or other Composers of irregular and short - liv'd ...
... Mankind . Nor can this Criticism be thought high - strain'd . Tho Few confine themselves to these Rules ; Few are insensible of ' em . Whatever Quarter we may give to our vitious Poets , or other Composers of irregular and short - liv'd ...
Page 647
... mankind : Some place the bliss in Action , some in Ease , Those call it Pleasure , and Contentment these : Some sunk to Beasts , find Pleasure end in Pain ; Some swell'd to Gods , confess ev'n Virtue vain ; Or indolent , to each extreme ...
... mankind : Some place the bliss in Action , some in Ease , Those call it Pleasure , and Contentment these : Some sunk to Beasts , find Pleasure end in Pain ; Some swell'd to Gods , confess ev'n Virtue vain ; Or indolent , to each extreme ...
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