A Literary History of England: The Restoration and eighteenth century, 1660-1789, by George SherburnAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1948 - 1673 pages |
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... sense suffices , " and while this principle is unimaginatively prominent , an austere sense of decorum is rather what causes him in this work to castigate three plays of Beaumont and Fletcher . In 1692 he published A Short View of ...
... sense suffices , " and while this principle is unimaginatively prominent , an austere sense of decorum is rather what causes him in this work to castigate three plays of Beaumont and Fletcher . In 1692 he published A Short View of ...
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... sense ( consensus gentium ) of all men similarly endowed ; one's ideas to be sound must accord with such common sense . To prefer one's " private " sense to common sense is irrational enthusiasm . To think in universal rather than ...
... sense ( consensus gentium ) of all men similarly endowed ; one's ideas to be sound must accord with such common sense . To prefer one's " private " sense to common sense is irrational enthusiasm . To think in universal rather than ...
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... sense rationalist , and despises strange new doctrines : his contempt for the Laputan thirst for novelty in practical matters is paralleled by his hatred of new theories in religion , statecraft , or in society . " Common sense suffices ...
... sense rationalist , and despises strange new doctrines : his contempt for the Laputan thirst for novelty in practical matters is paralleled by his hatred of new theories in religion , statecraft , or in society . " Common sense suffices ...
Contents
List of Abbreviations | 696 |
Literary Criticism of the Restoration | 710 |
III The Poetry of Dryden | 722 |
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