The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... delightful perceptions which they afford , indepen- dent of the object which originally produced them . This gave rise to the imitative or designing arts ; some of which , as painting and fculpture , directly copy the external ...
... delightful perceptions which they afford , indepen- dent of the object which originally produced them . This gave rise to the imitative or designing arts ; some of which , as painting and fculpture , directly copy the external ...
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... delightful to the imagi- , nation , But fuch an object may also include many other fources of pleasure ; and its beauty , or novelty , or grandeur will make a stronger impreffion by reason of this concurrence . Befides which , the ...
... delightful to the imagi- , nation , But fuch an object may also include many other fources of pleasure ; and its beauty , or novelty , or grandeur will make a stronger impreffion by reason of this concurrence . Befides which , the ...
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... delight ! and while I fing Your gifts , your honours , dance around my strain . Thou , fmiling queen of every tuneful breast , Indulgent Fancy ! from the fruitful banks Of Avon , whence thy rofy fingers cull Fresh flowers and dews to ...
... delight ! and while I fing Your gifts , your honours , dance around my strain . Thou , fmiling queen of every tuneful breast , Indulgent Fancy ! from the fruitful banks Of Avon , whence thy rofy fingers cull Fresh flowers and dews to ...
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... delights The mind fupreme . They alfo feel her charms , Enamour'd ; they partake the eternal joy . For as old Memnon's image , long renown'd By fabling Nilus , to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray , with each repulsive string ...
... delights The mind fupreme . They alfo feel her charms , Enamour'd ; they partake the eternal joy . For as old Memnon's image , long renown'd By fabling Nilus , to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray , with each repulsive string ...
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... delights can touch , Whofe candid bofom the refining love 120 125 130 Of nature warms , O ! liften to my fong ; 135 ... delighted fons To three illuftrious orders have referr'd ; Three fifter - graces , whom the painter's hand , The ...
... delights can touch , Whofe candid bofom the refining love 120 125 130 Of nature warms , O ! liften to my fong ; 135 ... delighted fons To three illuftrious orders have referr'd ; Three fifter - graces , whom the painter's hand , The ...
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