Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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Page 122
... experience its real and true being ” and that gives " poetic life to those historical , social and human forces which , in the course of a long evolution , have made our present- day life what it is and as we experience it . " 4 But ...
... experience its real and true being ” and that gives " poetic life to those historical , social and human forces which , in the course of a long evolution , have made our present- day life what it is and as we experience it . " 4 But ...
Page 142
... experience of the plague decreased the tendency to interpret every experience , no matter how trivial , as a message from God . Those who complain that H.F. leaves the reader with an ambiguous directive miss the point . He has looked ...
... experience of the plague decreased the tendency to interpret every experience , no matter how trivial , as a message from God . Those who complain that H.F. leaves the reader with an ambiguous directive miss the point . He has looked ...
Page 233
... experience as a writer of lives that were designed to be published in periodicals or pamphlets , and his unequalled familiarity with the histories and travel literature of his time give him writing experience and knowledge unavailable ...
... experience as a writer of lives that were designed to be published in periodicals or pamphlets , and his unequalled familiarity with the histories and travel literature of his time give him writing experience and knowledge unavailable ...
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