The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three BooksR. Dodsley, 1744 - 125 Seiten |
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... fources of pleasure , and its beauty , or novelty , or grandeur , will make a stronger impreffion by reafon of this concurrence . Befides this , the imita- tive arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimilar exhibition ...
... fources of pleasure , and its beauty , or novelty , or grandeur , will make a stronger impreffion by reafon of this concurrence . Befides this , the imita- tive arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimilar exhibition ...
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... 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 taste of compofition in the ferious parts of the fub- ject ...
... 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 taste of compofition in the ferious parts of the fub- ject ...
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... 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 inanimate things to the fenfations and properties of the mind ...
... 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 inanimate things to the fenfations and properties of the mind ...
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... ] Ridicule from the ignorance of fuch things as our circumftances require us to know . ( i ) Line 148. Suffice it to have faid , & c . ] By com- paring paring these general fources of ridicule with each o- ther 96 NOTES on.
... ] Ridicule from the ignorance of fuch things as our circumftances require us to know . ( i ) Line 148. Suffice it to have faid , & c . ] By com- paring paring these general fources of ridicule with each o- ther 96 NOTES on.
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A Poem in Three Books Mark Akenside. paring these general fources of ridicule with each o- ther , and examining the ridiculous in other objects , we may obtain a general definition of it equally applicable to every fpecies . The most ...
A Poem in Three Books Mark Akenside. paring these general fources of ridicule with each o- ther , and examining the ridiculous in other objects , we may obtain a general definition of it equally applicable to every fpecies . The most ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 90 - 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...
Seite 18 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful damp, Hangs o'er the sickly taper ; and untir'd The virgin follows, with enchanted step, 250 The mazes of some wild and wondrous tale, From morn to eve...
Seite 16 - Maker said, That not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of Renown, Power's purple robes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The...
Seite 27 - 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 92 - 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 91 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Seite 72 - An unknown depth ? Alas ! in such a mind. If no bright forms of excellence attend The image of his country; nor the pomp Of sacred senates, nor the guardian voice Of justice on her throne, nor aught that wakes...
Seite 12 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Seite 41 - 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!
Seite 84 - Like spectres trooping to the wizard's call, Flit swift before him. From the womb of Earth, From Ocean's bed, they come ; the eternal Heavens Disclose their splendours, and the dark Abyss Pours out her births unknown.