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Page ii
... better than associations of the powerful to enslave the weak . Poets should never forget they are men and citizens . On the contrary , in their peacefullest and most retired moments , the love of humanity should be with them , to direct ...
... better than associations of the powerful to enslave the weak . Poets should never forget they are men and citizens . On the contrary , in their peacefullest and most retired moments , the love of humanity should be with them , to direct ...
Page vi
... better that a millstone were tied about every poet's neck , and that he were cast into the sea . For what true relish can there be in the life which is held , not enjoyed , by the permission of another ? Who , under an evil government ...
... better that a millstone were tied about every poet's neck , and that he were cast into the sea . For what true relish can there be in the life which is held , not enjoyed , by the permission of another ? Who , under an evil government ...
Page vii
... better acquainted than I am with all his merits , I can of course have nothing of value to offer , unless they should be pleased to accept for such my humble but earnest admira- tion of the man , and my resemblance , so far , to ...
... better acquainted than I am with all his merits , I can of course have nothing of value to offer , unless they should be pleased to accept for such my humble but earnest admira- tion of the man , and my resemblance , so far , to ...
Page xviii
... better condition for the poor was to be a visionary ; virtue was hypocrisy ; and religion , because it prevailed among the lower orders , was puritanism , fanaticism , dreaming . But with similar difficulties all who aim at conferring ...
... better condition for the poor was to be a visionary ; virtue was hypocrisy ; and religion , because it prevailed among the lower orders , was puritanism , fanaticism , dreaming . But with similar difficulties all who aim at conferring ...
Page xxiii
... better than he that the greatest men have by art contrived to indue their most hidden thoughts with a transparent dress . He was familiar with those dialogues in which the abstrusest doctrines of ontology , the highest speculations on ...
... better than he that the greatest men have by art contrived to indue their most hidden thoughts with a transparent dress . He was familiar with those dialogues in which the abstrusest doctrines of ontology , the highest speculations on ...
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