Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... Reason ; but as a rest from Reason it has distinct advantages over Jargon . I do not think Addison's popularity is likely to return ; but something to fill the same place in life will always be needed - some tranquil middle ground of ...
... Reason ; but as a rest from Reason it has distinct advantages over Jargon . I do not think Addison's popularity is likely to return ; but something to fill the same place in life will always be needed - some tranquil middle ground of ...
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... reason ' , without any suggestion that — as Matthew Arnold himself would have admitted if anyone had tackled him pro- perly - prose and reason are two very good things . They are still taught that it is a reproach to the eighteenth ...
... reason ' , without any suggestion that — as Matthew Arnold himself would have admitted if anyone had tackled him pro- perly - prose and reason are two very good things . They are still taught that it is a reproach to the eighteenth ...
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... reason . Arnold sometimes seems to be accepting the lazy assumptions of those of his contemporaries who were under no obligation to think critically . It was different , of course , where foreign literature was concerned : for instance ...
... reason . Arnold sometimes seems to be accepting the lazy assumptions of those of his contemporaries who were under no obligation to think critically . It was different , of course , where foreign literature was concerned : for instance ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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