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Page vii
... poem is a heavily metaphorical lyric , a didactic poem appears to be a contradiction in terms . Many a modern reader fresh from his first battle with the Essay would feel immediate sympathy with George II's supposed remark : " Who is ...
... poem is a heavily metaphorical lyric , a didactic poem appears to be a contradiction in terms . Many a modern reader fresh from his first battle with the Essay would feel immediate sympathy with George II's supposed remark : " Who is ...
Page ix
... poem : " Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment [ commonplaceness of idea ] so happily disguised . The reader feels his mind full , though he learns nothing ; and when he meets it in its new array no longer knows the ...
... poem : " Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment [ commonplaceness of idea ] so happily disguised . The reader feels his mind full , though he learns nothing ; and when he meets it in its new array no longer knows the ...
Page xiii
... poem's opening : to know man's nature , state , and function , it is necessary to know ourselves . It seems useful to provide this little outline of the Essay's content , since , on first reading , its “ maze , ” rather than its plan ...
... poem's opening : to know man's nature , state , and function , it is necessary to know ourselves . It seems useful to provide this little outline of the Essay's content , since , on first reading , its “ maze , ” rather than its plan ...
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