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... thought to happiness of language . ” 2 ) To have seen this much is to have seen the defectiveness of that kind of poetry . Polishing wittily the things that have often been thought will not make them sufficient as truths , and a ...
... thought to happiness of language . ” 2 ) To have seen this much is to have seen the defectiveness of that kind of poetry . Polishing wittily the things that have often been thought will not make them sufficient as truths , and a ...
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... thought so , though . His underlying assumption ( one shared with his age ) is that if something is thought often enough by enough people of taste and sense , it is more than likely to be true . In identifying poetry's subject as that ...
... thought so , though . His underlying assumption ( one shared with his age ) is that if something is thought often enough by enough people of taste and sense , it is more than likely to be true . In identifying poetry's subject as that ...
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... thought but so far as we find it conformable to what nature and our reason have al- ways dictated to us ; that is , to what we ourselves thought and felt within ourselves . Consequently they were the very same thoughts and sentiments ...
... thought but so far as we find it conformable to what nature and our reason have al- ways dictated to us ; that is , to what we ourselves thought and felt within ourselves . Consequently they were the very same thoughts and sentiments ...
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