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Page 74
Feeling the want in the supposed discussion of any cut and thrust , he attempts to supply it by deliberately giving to one speaker an argument which can be turned upon him by another . But he does so most inefficiently , revealing the ...
Feeling the want in the supposed discussion of any cut and thrust , he attempts to supply it by deliberately giving to one speaker an argument which can be turned upon him by another . But he does so most inefficiently , revealing the ...
Page 77
This therefore will be a good argument to us , either not to write at all , or to attempt some other way . The passage is justly famous . It is , on the one hand , a beautiful example of tact and tactics , the most graceful of ...
This therefore will be a good argument to us , either not to write at all , or to attempt some other way . The passage is justly famous . It is , on the one hand , a beautiful example of tact and tactics , the most graceful of ...
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These arguments are not philosophical ; but then , Alciphron , though it contains much philosophy , is a work of Christian apologetics , to which the precept which Berkeley observes , ' By their fruits shall ye know them ' ...
These arguments are not philosophical ; but then , Alciphron , though it contains much philosophy , is a work of Christian apologetics , to which the precept which Berkeley observes , ' By their fruits shall ye know them ' ...
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Contents
Chaucer and One Idea of Englishness 1972 | 7 |
A Reading of The Oceans Love to Cynthia 1960 | 13 |
Shakespeare and the Practising Poet Today 1976 | 31 |
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| Title | Older Masters: Essays and Reflections on English and American Literature G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Donald Davie |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0856359793, 9780856359798 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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