Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... truth than either philosophy or history because it combines the precepts of one with the examples of the other ( universals with particulars ) , Sidney anticipates the claims of some modern critics for poetry as the expression of a more ...
... truth than either philosophy or history because it combines the precepts of one with the examples of the other ( universals with particulars ) , Sidney anticipates the claims of some modern critics for poetry as the expression of a more ...
Page 141
... truth in it . First , to the first , that a man might better spend his time is a reason indeed , but it doth , as they say , but petere principium . For if it be , as I affirm , that no learning is so good as that which teacheth and ...
... truth in it . First , to the first , that a man might better spend his time is a reason indeed , but it doth , as they say , but petere principium . For if it be , as I affirm , that no learning is so good as that which teacheth and ...
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... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do : Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . Without good breeding , truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense beloved . Be ...
... truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do : Men must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown proposed as things forgot . Without good breeding , truth is disapproved ; That only makes superior sense beloved . Be ...
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