The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 1Johns Hopkins Press, 1939 - Criticism |
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Page 141
... divine Extraction . The Sybill makes answer to him , that very few had been able to do what he desir'd . Pauci quos æquus amavit Jupiter , aut ardens evexit ad Ethera virtus Düis geniti potuere . And those few had been Persons of ...
... divine Extraction . The Sybill makes answer to him , that very few had been able to do what he desir'd . Pauci quos æquus amavit Jupiter , aut ardens evexit ad Ethera virtus Düis geniti potuere . And those few had been Persons of ...
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... Divine Inspiration . Inspiration by Dæmons . A Natural Superiority of the Faculties of the Soul . A greater Degree of Virtue . The first Advantage , that the Ancient Poets may be suppos'd to have had over the Moderns , is from Divine ...
... Divine Inspiration . Inspiration by Dæmons . A Natural Superiority of the Faculties of the Soul . A greater Degree of Virtue . The first Advantage , that the Ancient Poets may be suppos'd to have had over the Moderns , is from Divine ...
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... Divine Workmanship . 3. The third sort of Conceptions are , of such Things as are indeed them- selves Divine , but they are such Emanations of Divinity , as are to be seen in Men ; as Justice , Temperance , Fortitude , Nature , Law ...
... Divine Workmanship . 3. The third sort of Conceptions are , of such Things as are indeed them- selves Divine , but they are such Emanations of Divinity , as are to be seen in Men ; as Justice , Temperance , Fortitude , Nature , Law ...
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Preface to The Passion of Byblis 1692 | 1 |
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