The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... line of the most applau- ded poems , we meet with either ideas drawn from the ex- ternal fenfes , or truths difcover'd to the understanding , or illuftrations of contrivance and final caufes , or above all the reft , with circumstances ...
... line of the most applau- ded poems , we meet with either ideas drawn from the ex- ternal fenfes , or truths difcover'd to the understanding , or illuftrations of contrivance and final caufes , or above all the reft , with circumstances ...
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... colours mingling with a random blaze , Doth beauty dwell . Then higher in the line And variation of determin'd fhape , 450 Where truth's eternal meafures mark the bound Of Of circle , cube , or.fphere . The third afcent 24 3 The PLEASURES.
... colours mingling with a random blaze , Doth beauty dwell . Then higher in the line And variation of determin'd fhape , 450 Where truth's eternal meafures mark the bound Of Of circle , cube , or.fphere . The third afcent 24 3 The PLEASURES.
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... Line 7 ] THE word MUSICAL is here taken in its original and moft extenfive import ; comprehending as well the pleasures we re- ceive from the beauty or magnificence of natural ob- jects , as those which arife from poetry , painting ...
... Line 7 ] THE word MUSICAL is here taken in its original and moft extenfive import ; comprehending as well the pleasures we re- ceive from the beauty or magnificence of natural ob- jects , as those which arife from poetry , painting ...
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... Line 151 Say why was man , & c . ] In apologizing for the frequent negligence of fublimeft authors of Greece ; Thofe god - like geniuses , fays Longinius , were well affured that nature bad not intended man for a low- fpirited or ...
... Line 151 Say why was man , & c . ] In apologizing for the frequent negligence of fublimeft authors of Greece ; Thofe god - like geniuses , fays Longinius , were well affured that nature bad not intended man for a low- fpirited or ...
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... Line 204. Whoje unfading light , & c . ] It was a notion of the great M. Huygens , that there may be fix'd ftars at fuch a diftance from our folar fyftem , as that their light shall not have had time to reach us , e yen from the ...
... Line 204. Whoje unfading light , & c . ] It was a notion of the great M. Huygens , that there may be fix'd ftars at fuch a diftance from our folar fyftem , as that their light shall not have had time to reach us , e yen from the ...
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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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