The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Volume 4Boris Ford Penguin Books, 1962 |
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... truth ' , and a general meaninglessness of existence ( in any sense involving a spiritual end ) is the characteristic , though not the universal , modern philosophy . The notion of man as created to obey a divine moral reality through ...
... truth ' , and a general meaninglessness of existence ( in any sense involving a spiritual end ) is the characteristic , though not the universal , modern philosophy . The notion of man as created to obey a divine moral reality through ...
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... truth about it . Incidentally , Pope's definition of wit as ' what oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed ' is ... truth . Augustan criticism praises the general , the familiar , the traditional , because the ' truth ' of human ...
... truth about it . Incidentally , Pope's definition of wit as ' what oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed ' is ... truth . Augustan criticism praises the general , the familiar , the traditional , because the ' truth ' of human ...
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... truth which ( he thinks ) all men can know , and he expresses it with a wit which makes it memorable . This truth is not a cynical or tarnished worldly wisdom ; it is concerned with the central moral needs of human life , and the ...
... truth which ( he thinks ) all men can know , and he expresses it with a wit which makes it memorable . This truth is not a cynical or tarnished worldly wisdom ; it is concerned with the central moral needs of human life , and the ...
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