The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 страница |
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... various entertainment we meet with either in poetry , painting , mufic , or any of the elegant arts , might be deducible from one or other of thefe principles in the conftitution of the human mind , which are here establish'd and ...
... various entertainment we meet with either in poetry , painting , mufic , or any of the elegant arts , might be deducible from one or other of thefe principles in the conftitution of the human mind , which are here establish'd and ...
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... various and compli- cated refemblance exifting between feveral parts of the material and immaterial worlds , which is the foundation of metaphor and wit . As it feems in a great measure to depend on the early affociations of our ideas ...
... various and compli- cated refemblance exifting between feveral parts of the material and immaterial worlds , which is the foundation of metaphor and wit . As it feems in a great measure to depend on the early affociations of our ideas ...
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... various being's fair - proportion'd scale , To trace the rifing luftre of her charms , 440 From their first twilight , fhining forth at length 445 To full meridian fplendour . Of degree The leaft and lowlieft , in th ' effufive warmth ...
... various being's fair - proportion'd scale , To trace the rifing luftre of her charms , 440 From their first twilight , fhining forth at length 445 To full meridian fplendour . Of degree The leaft and lowlieft , in th ' effufive warmth ...
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... various fymmetry of parts With colour's bland allurement ; as the pearl Shines in the concave of its azure bed , And painted shells indent their speckled wreath . Then more attractive rife the blooming forms Thro ' which the breath of ...
... various fymmetry of parts With colour's bland allurement ; as the pearl Shines in the concave of its azure bed , And painted shells indent their speckled wreath . Then more attractive rife the blooming forms Thro ' which the breath of ...
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... various feature , to attract , With charms responsive to each gazer's eye ,. The hearts of men , Amid his rural walk , Th ' ingenuous youth whom folitude infpires With pureft wishes , from the penfive shade Beholds her moving , like a ...
... various feature , to attract , With charms responsive to each gazer's eye ,. The hearts of men , Amid his rural walk , Th ' ingenuous youth whom folitude infpires With pureft wishes , from the penfive shade Beholds her moving , like a ...
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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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