Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks |
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Page xix
... reason was thought able to accomplish so much . If the end result of the use of reason is wretchedness , why struggle ? Ignorance is bliss- Gray said so , in a poem full of complicated ironies , but permeated also with that note of ...
... reason was thought able to accomplish so much . If the end result of the use of reason is wretchedness , why struggle ? Ignorance is bliss- Gray said so , in a poem full of complicated ironies , but permeated also with that note of ...
Page xxxi
... reason is rule and order . " But acceptance of the value of reason and rule does not necessarily imply staidness , dullness , or lack of feeling . Indeed , Dennis himself believes in passion as the defining quality of poetry , and he is ...
... reason is rule and order . " But acceptance of the value of reason and rule does not necessarily imply staidness , dullness , or lack of feeling . Indeed , Dennis himself believes in passion as the defining quality of poetry , and he is ...
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... reason guides our deed , and instinct theirs . How can we justly diff'rent causes frame , When the effects entirely are the same ? Instinct and reason how can we divide ? ' Tis the fool's ign'rance , and the pedant's pride . 235 With ...
... reason guides our deed , and instinct theirs . How can we justly diff'rent causes frame , When the effects entirely are the same ? Instinct and reason how can we divide ? ' Tis the fool's ign'rance , and the pedant's pride . 235 With ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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