The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... particular illuftration , and to diftinguish the general fources from which the ridicule of characters is deriv'd . Here too a change of file became neceffary ; fuch a one , as might yet be confiftent , if poffible , with the general ...
... particular illuftration , and to diftinguish the general fources from which the ridicule of characters is deriv'd . Here too a change of file became neceffary ; fuch a one , as might yet be confiftent , if poffible , with the general ...
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... particular . For the fentiments themfelves he makes no apology . ARGUMENT'of the FIRST BOOK . THE fubject propos'd ; verse 1. to 30 . Difficulty of treating it poetically ; v . 45 . The ideas of the divine mind , the origin of e- very ...
... particular . For the fentiments themfelves he makes no apology . ARGUMENT'of the FIRST BOOK . THE fubject propos'd ; verse 1. to 30 . Difficulty of treating it poetically ; v . 45 . The ideas of the divine mind , the origin of e- very ...
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... Particular circumftances of the mind ; v . 84. Difcove- ry of truth ; v . 97. Perception of contri- vance and defign ; v . 121. Emotion of the paffions ; v . 136. All the natural paffions partake of a pleafing fenfation , with the fi ...
... Particular circumftances of the mind ; v . 84. Difcove- ry of truth ; v . 97. Perception of contri- vance and defign ; v . 121. Emotion of the paffions ; v . 136. All the natural paffions partake of a pleafing fenfation , with the fi ...
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... particular confideration in this poem . ( b ) Line 304. Inhabitants of earth , & c . ] The ac- count of the œconomy of providence here introduced , as the most proper to calm and fatisfy the mind , when under the compunction of private ...
... particular confideration in this poem . ( b ) Line 304. Inhabitants of earth , & c . ] The ac- count of the œconomy of providence here introduced , as the most proper to calm and fatisfy the mind , when under the compunction of private ...
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... particular natures are brought in- to exiflence , that the all comprehending nature of the u bole may be perfect and happy ; exifting , as it does , not for your fake , but the cause and reafon of your existence , which , as in the ...
... particular natures are brought in- to exiflence , that the all comprehending nature of the u bole may be perfect and happy ; exifting , as it does , not for your fake , but the cause and reafon of your existence , which , as in 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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