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...the Pythagorean System." Gray. 21. " His supplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop, or tosses the ball, is useless and puerile....Thames has no better means of knowing than himself." — Johnson. Frivolous as the objection is, it is not exactly countered by the passage from Johnson's... | |
 | Belgravia - 1873 - 586 páginas
...?' Of which the great Doctor says : ' His supplication to Father Thames. to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball is useless and puerile. Father...Thames has no better means of knowing than himself.' Was ever such a canon of criticism applied to poetry before ? If a poet may not appeal to a river god... | |
 | 1873 - 604 páginas
...?' Of which the great Doctor says : ' His supplication to Father Thames to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball is useless and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowlng than himself.' Was ever such a canon of criticism applied to poetry before ? If a poet may... | |
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His supplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball, is useless and puerile. Father Thames/ has no better means of knowing than himself. 
