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Page 89
Hence it is not surprising to find , in Wimsatt's words , that ' Locke was evidently the British philosopher chosen to represent his kind in the Dictionary . ' Berkeley , for instance , had challenged the Lockean system ; but Johnson ...
Hence it is not surprising to find , in Wimsatt's words , that ' Locke was evidently the British philosopher chosen to represent his kind in the Dictionary . ' Berkeley , for instance , had challenged the Lockean system ; but Johnson ...
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Let us therefore mend the matter if possible , and introduce the same philosopher , addressing himself in a more obsequious manner , to his Grace , his Excellency , or his Honour , without failing in the least title of the ceremonial .
Let us therefore mend the matter if possible , and introduce the same philosopher , addressing himself in a more obsequious manner , to his Grace , his Excellency , or his Honour , without failing in the least title of the ceremonial .
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For Berkeley too , until twenty or thirty years ago , was regarded as a proto - Romantic philosopher , one of the fathers of subjective idealism ; and Yeats became interested in him at just about the time when Berkeleyans began to ...
For Berkeley too , until twenty or thirty years ago , was regarded as a proto - Romantic philosopher , one of the fathers of subjective idealism ; and Yeats became interested in him at just about the time when Berkeleyans began to ...
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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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