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The great design of art is to restore the decays that happened to human nature by the… — John Dennis

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The great design of art is to restore the decays that happened to human nature by the fall, by restoring order.

John Dennis
1704
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Dennis, John. The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry. London: Geo. Strahan and Bernard Lintott, 1704, ch. 2.

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