The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem, in Three Books. By Mark Akenside, M.D. ...A. Wilson, 1744 - 108 страница |
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... in this piece , little can be faid with propriety by the Author . He had two models ; that ancient and fimple one of the first Grecian poets , as it is refined by Vir- of gil in the Georgics , and the familiar epiftolary 6 DESIGN . THE.
... in this piece , little can be faid with propriety by the Author . He had two models ; that ancient and fimple one of the first Grecian poets , as it is refined by Vir- of gil in the Georgics , and the familiar epiftolary 6 DESIGN . THE.
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... pleasant scene ? Fair Tempe ! haunt belov'd of fylvan powers , Of Nymphs and Fauns ; where in the golden age 300 They play'd in fecret on the fhady brink With ancient Pan : while round their choral steps Young 24 THE PLEASURES.
... pleasant scene ? Fair Tempe ! haunt belov'd of fylvan powers , Of Nymphs and Fauns ; where in the golden age 300 They play'd in fecret on the fhady brink With ancient Pan : while round their choral steps Young 24 THE PLEASURES.
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... ancient Pan : while round their choral steps Young Hours and genial Gales with conftant hand Shower'd bloffoms , odours , fhower'd ambrofial dews , And spring's Elyfian bloom . Her flowery store 305 To thee nor Tempe fhall refuse ; nor ...
... ancient Pan : while round their choral steps Young Hours and genial Gales with conftant hand Shower'd bloffoms , odours , fhower'd ambrofial dews , And spring's Elyfian bloom . Her flowery store 305 To thee nor Tempe fhall refuse ; nor ...
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... ancient philofophy ; fee the Characteristics , vol . ii . p . 339 and 422 ; and vol . iii . p . 181. And another ingenious author has particularly fhewn , that it holds in the general laws of nature , in the works of art , and the ...
... ancient philofophy ; fee the Characteristics , vol . ii . p . 339 and 422 ; and vol . iii . p . 181. And another ingenious author has particularly fhewn , that it holds in the general laws of nature , in the works of art , and the ...
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... ancient honour , or in act ferene , Yet watchful , raises the majestic sword 560 Of public power , from dark ambition's reach 565 To guard the facred volume of the laws . Genius of ancient Greece ! whose faithful steps Well - pleas'd I ...
... ancient honour , or in act ferene , Yet watchful , raises the majestic sword 560 Of public power , from dark ambition's reach 565 To guard the facred volume of the laws . Genius of ancient Greece ! whose faithful steps Well - pleas'd I ...
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afcent affociation almoſt Amid Arrian arts awful beauty becauſe behold blooming bluſhing bofom breaſt breath Celeſtial charms circumftances confcious confequence defign defires delight diff'rent divine earth eſpecially eternal facred fage fair falfe fame Fancy fatire fays fcene fearch fecret feek feems fenfe fhades fhall fhould final caufe fince firſt fmiles fome fong foon fordid foul fpecies fprings frame ftrain ftreams fubject fublime fuch hand harmonious heart heaven honours imagination impulfe infpiration inftance Italian poetry juſt laft Lucretius lyre majeſtic meaſures mind moffy moral moſt mufe myſterious nature Nature's neral o'er obfervation objects paffion philofophy Plato pleafing pleaſing pleaſure PLEASURES O F pomp powers praiſe profpect radiant raiſe reafon ridiculous rife rill rofy ſcan ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſmiles Socrates ſtate ſteps ſtill ſweet taſte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou toil treaſures truth univerfal Whate'er whofe whoſe Wiſdom youth
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Страница 1 - There are certain powers in human nature which seem to hold a middle place between the organs of bodily sense and the faculties of moral perception: they have been called by a very general name, the Powers of Imagination.
Страница 33 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness earth and heaven !) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime: here hand in hand, Sit paramount the graces ; here enthron'd, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Страница 52 - Holiest of things! by which the general orb Of being, as by adamantine links, Was drawn to perfect union, and sustain'd From everlasting?
Страница 29 - Where beauty seems to dwell, nor once inquire Where is the sanction of eternal truth, Or where the seal of undeceitful good, To save your search from folly ? Wanting these, Lo ! beauty withers in your void embrace, 385 And with the glittering of an idiot's toy Did fancy mock your vows.