The Pleasures of ImaginationT. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1794 - 195 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 18
Seite 2
... or fcience , or confine itself to that regular arrange- ment and clear brevity which suits the communi- cation of unknown truths . In fact , the Mufe would make a very indifferent school - miftrefs . Whoever therefore ON AKENSIDE'S.
... or fcience , or confine itself to that regular arrange- ment and clear brevity which suits the communi- cation of unknown truths . In fact , the Mufe would make a very indifferent school - miftrefs . Whoever therefore ON AKENSIDE'S.
Seite 3
... themselves on the memory . Where the reader has this previous knowledge of the subject , which we have mentioned as neceffary , the art of the Poet becomes itself a fource of pleasure , and B 2 PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION . 3.
... themselves on the memory . Where the reader has this previous knowledge of the subject , which we have mentioned as neceffary , the art of the Poet becomes itself a fource of pleasure , and B 2 PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION . 3.
Seite 4
Mark Akenside. the Poet becomes itself a fource of pleasure , and fometimes in proportion to the remoteness of the fubject from the more obvious province of Poetry ; we are delighted to find with how much dexterity the artist of verse ...
Mark Akenside. the Poet becomes itself a fource of pleasure , and fometimes in proportion to the remoteness of the fubject from the more obvious province of Poetry ; we are delighted to find with how much dexterity the artist of verse ...
Seite 5
... itself attractive to the man of taste , for otherwise all attempts to make it so by adventitious orna- ments , will be but like loading with jewels and drapery a figure originally defective and ill made . Of all the subjects which have ...
... itself attractive to the man of taste , for otherwise all attempts to make it so by adventitious orna- ments , will be but like loading with jewels and drapery a figure originally defective and ill made . Of all the subjects which have ...
Seite 16
... itself contains Of beauteous or fublime . The Poem continues in a high ftrain of noble enthusiasm to the end of the book , and concludes with an invocation to the genius of ancient Greece , with whose philosophy and high sense of ...
... itself contains Of beauteous or fublime . The Poem continues in a high ftrain of noble enthusiasm to the end of the book , and concludes with an invocation to the genius of ancient Greece , with whose philosophy and high sense of ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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!