Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... judgment met . The Earl of Essex , noble and high , and Sir Walter Raleigh , not to be contemned either for judgment or style . Sir Henry Savile , grave and truly lettered ; Sir Edwin Sandys , excellent in both ; Lo [ rd ] Egerton , the ...
... judgment met . The Earl of Essex , noble and high , and Sir Walter Raleigh , not to be contemned either for judgment or style . Sir Henry Savile , grave and truly lettered ; Sir Edwin Sandys , excellent in both ; Lo [ rd ] Egerton , the ...
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... judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind . Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touched but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest ...
... judgment too ? Yet if we look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind . Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touched but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest ...
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... judgment frame By her just standard , which is still the same ; Unerring Nature , still divinely bright , One clear , unchanged , and universal light , Life , force , and beauty , must to all impart , At once the source , and end , and ...
... judgment frame By her just standard , which is still the same ; Unerring Nature , still divinely bright , One clear , unchanged , and universal light , Life , force , and beauty , must to all impart , At once the source , and end , and ...
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