The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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Page cxi
... truth or of esthetic excellence ? Although Dennis believed that few men in any age or nation were gifted with good taste , yet , because in taste as in truth there is but one standard , he was sure that a verdict based upon good taste ...
... truth or of esthetic excellence ? Although Dennis believed that few men in any age or nation were gifted with good taste , yet , because in taste as in truth there is but one standard , he was sure that a verdict based upon good taste ...
Page cxviii
... truth and virtue.265 True religion is found only in the Christian Revelation . But there is no progressive revelation of religious truth . Miracles ceased in the early days of the Christian church , 266 and Revelation was finished . The ...
... truth and virtue.265 True religion is found only in the Christian Revelation . But there is no progressive revelation of religious truth . Miracles ceased in the early days of the Christian church , 266 and Revelation was finished . The ...
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... Truth even of those in which we agree expresly ; as that 1. The Moral must contain an undeniable Truth , or else it cannot be a Moral : For Falshood may delude , but only Truth can instruct . 2. That the Instruction which the Poem gives ...
... Truth even of those in which we agree expresly ; as that 1. The Moral must contain an undeniable Truth , or else it cannot be a Moral : For Falshood may delude , but only Truth can instruct . 2. That the Instruction which the Poem gives ...
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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