The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... states Mourn in the dust and tremble at the frown Of curst ambition ; when ( 1 ) the pious band . Of youths who fought for freedom and their fires , Lie fide by fide in gore ; when ruffian pride Ufurps the throne of juftice , turns the ...
... states Mourn in the dust and tremble at the frown Of curst ambition ; when ( 1 ) the pious band . Of youths who fought for freedom and their fires , Lie fide by fide in gore ; when ruffian pride Ufurps the throne of juftice , turns the ...
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... state : and this , join'd with the moral applause of it's own temper , which attends thofe emotions when na- tural and juft , is certainly the true foundation of the pleasure , which as it is the origin and basis of tragedy and epic ...
... state : and this , join'd with the moral applause of it's own temper , which attends thofe emotions when na- tural and juft , is certainly the true foundation of the pleasure , which as it is the origin and basis of tragedy and epic ...
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... state , nor culture can bestow ; But GOD alone , when firft his active hand Imprints the fecret byafs of the foul , 520 HE , mighty parent ! wife and just in all Free as the vital breeze or light of heav'n , 525 Reveals the charms of ...
... state , nor culture can bestow ; But GOD alone , when firft his active hand Imprints the fecret byafs of the foul , 520 HE , mighty parent ! wife and just in all Free as the vital breeze or light of heav'n , 525 Reveals the charms of ...
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... state Endows at large whatever happy man 570 575 580 Will deign to use them . His the city's pomp , The rural honours his . Whate'er adorns The princely dome , the column and the arch , The breathing marbles and the fculptur'd gold ...
... state Endows at large whatever happy man 570 575 580 Will deign to use them . His the city's pomp , The rural honours his . Whate'er adorns The princely dome , the column and the arch , The breathing marbles and the fculptur'd gold ...
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Academus afcent affociate alfo Amid apprehenfion Aristophanes Arrian arts awful band beauty becauſe behold blooming bluſhing bofom breaſt breath charms chear circumftances cœleftial confequence dæmon defign delight divine earth eternal facred fair falfe fame fancy fatire fays fcene fearch fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhould final caufe fince firft flow'rs fmiles folemn fome fong foon fordid foul fources fpecies fpirit fprings frame ftrain ftreams fubject fublime fuch hand harmonious heart heav'n himſelf honours illuftrated imagination impulfe inchanted inftance Italian poetry Line Lucretius lyre majeſtic meaſure mind moft moral moſt mufe mufic nature nature's o'er objects paffions philofophy Plato pleafing pleaſure pomp pow'rs praiſe prefence profpect purſue radiant reafon ridiculous rife rofy ſcene ſcience ſhade ſhall ſhapes ſmiles Socrates ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtore taſte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil truth univerfal uſe Whate'er whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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