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... natural opposites : hope and fear , desire and hate ( 1. 5 ) ; the anxious and the eager ( 1. 3 ) ; shunning and chasing ( 1 . 10 ) ; nature and art ( 1. 17 ) ; enhancing and destroying ( 1. 40 ) . It is a metrical technique used to ...
... natural opposites : hope and fear , desire and hate ( 1. 5 ) ; the anxious and the eager ( 1. 3 ) ; shunning and chasing ( 1 . 10 ) ; nature and art ( 1. 17 ) ; enhancing and destroying ( 1. 40 ) . It is a metrical technique used to ...
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... nature or of human industry . The outlet of the cavern was concealed by a thick wood , and the mouth which opened into the valley was closed with gates of iron , forged by the artificers of ancient days , so massy that no man could ...
... nature or of human industry . The outlet of the cavern was concealed by a thick wood , and the mouth which opened into the valley was closed with gates of iron , forged by the artificers of ancient days , so massy that no man could ...
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... nature ' in great abundance . Johnson repeatedly praises this , and defends him in the Preface from the kind of criticism which gives precedence to critical rules over nature . On these grounds , he defends his characterisation , his ...
... nature ' in great abundance . Johnson repeatedly praises this , and defends him in the Preface from the kind of criticism which gives precedence to critical rules over nature . On these grounds , he defends his characterisation , his ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
Copyright | |
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