Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... learning is fallen to be the laughingstock of children , so have I need to bring some more available proofs , since the former is by no man barred of his deserved credit , the silly latter hath had even the names of philosophers used to ...
... learning is fallen to be the laughingstock of children , so have I need to bring some more available proofs , since the former is by no man barred of his deserved credit , the silly latter hath had even the names of philosophers used to ...
Page 143
... learning - or bookishness , as they commonly term it . Of such mind were certain Goths , of whom it is written that ... learning , as well as poetry , or rather all learning but poetry ; because it were too large a digression to handle ...
... learning - or bookishness , as they commonly term it . Of such mind were certain Goths , of whom it is written that ... learning , as well as poetry , or rather all learning but poetry ; because it were too large a digression to handle ...
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... Learning and Rome alike in empire grew , And arts still followed where her eagles flew ; From the same foes , at last , both felt their doom , And the same age saw learning fall , and Rome . 13 Dionysius of Halicarnassus , the Greek ...
... Learning and Rome alike in empire grew , And arts still followed where her eagles flew ; From the same foes , at last , both felt their doom , And the same age saw learning fall , and Rome . 13 Dionysius of Halicarnassus , the Greek ...
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