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By “ philosophic ' in his title , Wimsatt means what Johnson meant by it : that is , as describing whatever pertains to ' natural philosophy ' or , as we should say , to the natural sciences . Such words as ' acrimony ' and ' volatile ...
By “ philosophic ' in his title , Wimsatt means what Johnson meant by it : that is , as describing whatever pertains to ' natural philosophy ' or , as we should say , to the natural sciences . Such words as ' acrimony ' and ' volatile ...
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( II , v ) Berkeley never makes candour mean as much as this . Nor indeed does Fielding ; for Blifil of course ... He means that and he means more - that Clarke is so concerned to arrive at the truth that he lets nothing stand ...
( II , v ) Berkeley never makes candour mean as much as this . Nor indeed does Fielding ; for Blifil of course ... He means that and he means more - that Clarke is so concerned to arrive at the truth that he lets nothing stand ...
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But Byron means by ' strength ' what Jeffreys means , not what Cowper has in mind . It is a revealing illustration of how Byron's pretensions to belong to the neo - classic tradition are really quite empty gestures , trailings of a coat ...
But Byron means by ' strength ' what Jeffreys means , not what Cowper has in mind . It is a revealing illustration of how Byron's pretensions to belong to the neo - classic tradition are really quite empty gestures , trailings of a coat ...
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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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