Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... Reason , which he defends in some fine lines partly suggested by Lucretius , who was one of Rochester's favourite poets : What rage ferments in your degen'rate mind To make you rail at Reason , and Mankind ? Blest glorious Man ! to whom ...
... Reason , which he defends in some fine lines partly suggested by Lucretius , who was one of Rochester's favourite poets : What rage ferments in your degen'rate mind To make you rail at Reason , and Mankind ? Blest glorious Man ! to whom ...
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... Reason drest , To dignifie his Nature , above Beast , Reason , by whose aspiring influence , We take a flight beyond material sense Dive into Mysteries , then soaring pierce , The flaming limits of the Universe , Search Heav'n and Hell ...
... Reason drest , To dignifie his Nature , above Beast , Reason , by whose aspiring influence , We take a flight beyond material sense Dive into Mysteries , then soaring pierce , The flaming limits of the Universe , Search Heav'n and Hell ...
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... Reason altogether . He claims that true Reason co - operates with the senses instead of working against them . Thus , whilst ' gainst false reas'ning I inveigh , I own right Reason , which I wou'd obey : That Reason that distinguishes ...
... Reason altogether . He claims that true Reason co - operates with the senses instead of working against them . Thus , whilst ' gainst false reas'ning I inveigh , I own right Reason , which I wou'd obey : That Reason that distinguishes ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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