Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pagini |
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Pagina 110
... knowledge , and to partake fully in a progressive theory of history . Again and again , Defoe tells us that each generation finds its lot improved by " discoveries and improve- ments . " People learn to use the resources of the earth ...
... knowledge , and to partake fully in a progressive theory of history . Again and again , Defoe tells us that each generation finds its lot improved by " discoveries and improve- ments . " People learn to use the resources of the earth ...
Pagina 114
... knowledge , and comprehend the glory of Tyre , " Mother of Merchants . ” By the time the book gives way to accurate , geographical descriptions and short essays on mundane , modern commodities like wool , the teeming world of endless ...
... knowledge , and comprehend the glory of Tyre , " Mother of Merchants . ” By the time the book gives way to accurate , geographical descriptions and short essays on mundane , modern commodities like wool , the teeming world of endless ...
Pagina 116
... knowledge and the decline of superstition . The same reworkings of the tales of Faustus and Prometheus appear . " 92 These histories range the world and unite men throughout the ages and nations by demonstrating their common interests ...
... knowledge and the decline of superstition . The same reworkings of the tales of Faustus and Prometheus appear . " 92 These histories range the world and unite men throughout the ages and nations by demonstrating their common interests ...
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POETRY | 12 |
PAMPHLETS AND POLITICS | 42 |
THE HISTORIES | 70 |
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