The Pleasures of ImaginationT. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1794 - 195 Seiten |
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... some measure exhaufted , the Didactic was resorted to , as affording that novelty and variety which began to be the great defideratum iu works of fancy . This fpecies of writing is likewife favoured by the dif- fufion of knowledge , by ...
... some measure exhaufted , the Didactic was resorted to , as affording that novelty and variety which began to be the great defideratum iu works of fancy . This fpecies of writing is likewife favoured by the dif- fufion of knowledge , by ...
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... some of his moft ftriking beauties . The religion of the other , all at least that appears of it , and all indeed that could with propriety ap- pear in fuch a Poem , is the purest Theism : liberal , cheerful , and fublime ; or , if ...
... some of his moft ftriking beauties . The religion of the other , all at least that appears of it , and all indeed that could with propriety ap- pear in fuch a Poem , is the purest Theism : liberal , cheerful , and fublime ; or , if ...
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... some instances improved , but for Poetry it is fufficiently accurate , and in fpeculations of this fhadowy nature , no person will be thoroughly content with even his own system after the lapfe of any confiderable portion of time . IF ...
... some instances improved , but for Poetry it is fufficiently accurate , and in fpeculations of this fhadowy nature , no person will be thoroughly content with even his own system after the lapfe of any confiderable portion of time . IF ...
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... some- times through more than twenty lines ; but when well read fills and gratifies the ear with all the pomp of harmony . It is far fuperior to the com- pofitions of his cotemporary THOMSON ( we speak now only of the measure ) and more ...
... some- times through more than twenty lines ; but when well read fills and gratifies the ear with all the pomp of harmony . It is far fuperior to the com- pofitions of his cotemporary THOMSON ( we speak now only of the measure ) and more ...
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... thus laid open , nothing now remained but to illustrate some particular pleasures , which arise either from the relations of different objects one to another , or from the nature of imitation itself . Of the first kind THE DESIGN . 5.
... thus laid open , nothing now remained but to illustrate some particular pleasures , which arise either from the relations of different objects one to another , or from the nature of imitation itself . Of the first kind THE DESIGN . 5.
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Academus affociation againſt AKENSIDE alſo arts beauty becauſe behold blooming bofom breaſt breath cauſe charms circumſtances cœleftial conſcious courſe dæmon defign defire delight divine eſpecially eternal exiſtence facred fair fame fancy fcene fenfe fhade fhall firſt fmiles fome fong fordid foul fource ftrain fubject fublime fuch fyftem genius hand harmonious heart heaven himſelf honours inftances inſpiration itſelf juſt lyre majeſtic meaſure mind moft moral moſt Mufe Muſe muſt myfterious nature nature's o'er obferved objects paffions philofophers philoſophy Plato pleaſing pleaſure Poem Poet poetic Poetry pomp powers praiſe preſent profpect purpoſe purſue racter radiant raiſe reaſon ridiculous riſe rofy ſcene ſchool ſcience ſeems ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhapes ſhould ſmiles Socrates ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpoils ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtream ſuch ſyſtem taſte thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures truth univerfal uſe verſe virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 119 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Seite 115 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air. And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
Seite 38 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Seite 20 - Through mountains, plains, through empires black with shade, And continents of sand, will turn his gaze To mark the windings of a scanty rill That murmurs at his feet?
Seite 15 - The active powers of man ! with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil.
Seite 36 - When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Seite 18 - The wonderful, the fair. I see them dawn ! I see the radiant visions, where they rise, More lovely than when Lucifer displays ^/ His beaming forehead through the gates of morn, To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring.
Seite 16 - Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of heaven ; to...
Seite 15 - The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant Sun, the Moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial.
Seite 49 - Would pass unheeded. Fair the face of Spring, When rural songs and odours wake the morn, To every eye; but how much more to his Round whom the bed of sickness long diffused Its melancholy gloom!