The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... evil fpirits ; of the death - bed call 255 To him who robb'd the widow , and devour'd 260 The orphan's portion ; of unquiet fouls Ris'n from the grave to eafe the heavy guilt Of deeds in life conceal'd ; of shapes that walk At dead of ...
... evil fpirits ; of the death - bed call 255 To him who robb'd the widow , and devour'd 260 The orphan's portion ; of unquiet fouls Ris'n from the grave to eafe the heavy guilt Of deeds in life conceal'd ; of shapes that walk At dead of ...
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... evil much , And much of mortal man my thought revolv'd ; When staring full on fancy's gufhing eye , The mournful image of Parthenia's fate , That hour , O long belov'd and long deplor❜d ! 195 When blooming youth , nor gentlest wisdom's ...
... evil much , And much of mortal man my thought revolv'd ; When staring full on fancy's gufhing eye , The mournful image of Parthenia's fate , That hour , O long belov'd and long deplor❜d ! 195 When blooming youth , nor gentlest wisdom's ...
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... evil which diverfi- fies them , confidered first of all by what difpofition of things , and what fituation of each individual in the gene- ral fyftem , vice might be depressed and fubdued , and vir- tue made fecure of victory and ...
... evil which diverfi- fies them , confidered first of all by what difpofition of things , and what fituation of each individual in the gene- ral fyftem , vice might be depressed and fubdued , and vir- tue made fecure of victory and ...
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... evil V. 14. to 62. Inquiry into ridicule ; v . 73. The general fources of ridicule in the minds and characters of men , enumerated , v . 14. to 240. Final caufe of the fenfe of ri- dicule ; v . 263. The refemblance of certain afpects of ...
... evil V. 14. to 62. Inquiry into ridicule ; v . 73. The general fources of ridicule in the minds and characters of men , enumerated , v . 14. to 240. Final caufe of the fenfe of ri- dicule ; v . 263. The refemblance of certain afpects of ...
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... evil ; and opinion gives Report of good or evil , as the fcene Was drawn by fancy lovely or deform'd : 20 25 Thus her report can never there be true , Where fancy cheats the intellectual eye , With glaring colours and distorted lines ...
... evil ; and opinion gives Report of good or evil , as the fcene Was drawn by fancy lovely or deform'd : 20 25 Thus her report can never there be true , Where fancy cheats the intellectual eye , With glaring colours and distorted lines ...
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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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