Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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... true grounds of hope and fear ? In these noble lines we can find Rochester's own baffled idealism . This is what he would have liked to believe , what he might have believed , if he had lived in another and happier ' climate of opinion ...
... true grounds of hope and fear ? In these noble lines we can find Rochester's own baffled idealism . This is what he would have liked to believe , what he might have believed , if he had lived in another and happier ' climate of opinion ...
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... true Goodness , an easiness and delight in all the parts of Holi- ness ... and had as real a Perception of an inward strength in their Minds , that did rise and fall with true Devotion , as they perceived the strength of their Bodies ...
... true Goodness , an easiness and delight in all the parts of Holi- ness ... and had as real a Perception of an inward strength in their Minds , that did rise and fall with true Devotion , as they perceived the strength of their Bodies ...
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... true delights do's teeming Nature hoard ? In her great Store - house , where she lays her treasure , Alas , ' tis all the shaddow of a pleasure ; No true Content in all her works are found No sollid Joys in all Earth's spacious round ...
... true delights do's teeming Nature hoard ? In her great Store - house , where she lays her treasure , Alas , ' tis all the shaddow of a pleasure ; No true Content in all her works are found No sollid Joys in all Earth's spacious round ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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