The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1943 - Criticism |
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... nature idealized , or la belle nature , the " great universal Pattern , " expressed in Platonic phraseology . From these three sources , in the main , Dennis's conception of the universe was formed ; and all three bore out the ...
... nature idealized , or la belle nature , the " great universal Pattern , " expressed in Platonic phraseology . From these three sources , in the main , Dennis's conception of the universe was formed ; and all three bore out the ...
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... nature occurring in Dennis's critical writings is sim- plicity , or the absence of artifice . Artifice to enhance the natural beauty of the human form and features he found strongly objectionable.137 The simple and natural beauty of the ...
... nature occurring in Dennis's critical writings is sim- plicity , or the absence of artifice . Artifice to enhance the natural beauty of the human form and features he found strongly objectionable.137 The simple and natural beauty of the ...
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... Nature is , and what Human Nature should be ? Human Nature was Human Nature before the Fall , and ' tis Human Nature now ' tis degenerated from that perfect Virtue and that unclouded Knowledge , which it enjoy'd before . " Tis the ...
... Nature is , and what Human Nature should be ? Human Nature was Human Nature before the Fall , and ' tis Human Nature now ' tis degenerated from that perfect Virtue and that unclouded Knowledge , which it enjoy'd before . " Tis the ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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