The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 1Johns Hopkins Press, 1939 - Criticism |
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... human Authority against human Reason ? But yet , to shew the ungenerous Temper of this Adversary to Dramatick Poetry , and consequently to human Learning , I shall make it appear , that of all the Authorities which he has produc'd ...
... human Authority against human Reason ? But yet , to shew the ungenerous Temper of this Adversary to Dramatick Poetry , and consequently to human Learning , I shall make it appear , that of all the Authorities which he has produc'd ...
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... human Authority . An Age in which we account it not only an Absurdity , but a Sin to believe in any thing under Heaven ; as well knowing that Reason is the Top of all human Things ; and tho ' not so sacred as Revelation , is in some ...
... human Authority . An Age in which we account it not only an Absurdity , but a Sin to believe in any thing under Heaven ; as well knowing that Reason is the Top of all human Things ; and tho ' not so sacred as Revelation , is in some ...
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... Human , is Ten Times greater than Virgil's . For , I hope , no Man will compare Æneas , take him without his Divine Dependencies , with Julius Cæsar , the Greatest of Men , nor the Combat that made the former King of the Latins , with ...
... Human , is Ten Times greater than Virgil's . For , I hope , no Man will compare Æneas , take him without his Divine Dependencies , with Julius Cæsar , the Greatest of Men , nor the Combat that made the former King of the Latins , with ...
Contents
Preface to The Passion of Byblis 1692 | 1 |
The Impartial Critick 1693 | 11 |
Preface to The Court of Death 1695 | 42 |
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