Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... human boundaries , within the limits of his own age and social order and of the common idiom of his time . But if he succeeds in attaining that ' Simplicity without which no human Performance can arrive to any great Perfection ' , he ...
... human boundaries , within the limits of his own age and social order and of the common idiom of his time . But if he succeeds in attaining that ' Simplicity without which no human Performance can arrive to any great Perfection ' , he ...
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... human tide , And ages sink , forgotten as they glide ; Can life's short duties better be discharg'd , Than when we leave it with a mind enlarg'd ? Langhorne certainly left the world with his mind enlarged . For a time , at least ...
... human tide , And ages sink , forgotten as they glide ; Can life's short duties better be discharg'd , Than when we leave it with a mind enlarg'd ? Langhorne certainly left the world with his mind enlarged . For a time , at least ...
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... human status some slight unnecessary things to wear , to squander , or to bestow in pathetic charity . As Wordsworth puts it in this poem in which these two kinds of poverty meet and relieve each other , the poorest poor Long for some ...
... human status some slight unnecessary things to wear , to squander , or to bestow in pathetic charity . As Wordsworth puts it in this poem in which these two kinds of poverty meet and relieve each other , the poorest poor Long for some ...
Contents
DAVID NICHOL SMITH From a drawing by SIR MUIRHEAD BONE Frontispiece | 15 |
DEANE SWIFT HAWKESWORTH AND THE JOURNAL TO STELLA HAROLD WILLIAMS | 33 |
POPE AT WORK GEORGE SHERBURN Harvard University | 65 |
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