The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... PLEASURES F IMAGINATION . A POE M. IN THREE BOOK S. ̓Ασεβῶς μέν ἐσιν ἀνθρώπε τὰς παρὰ τῇ θεῦ χάρας ἀτιμάζειν . EPICT . apud Arrian . II . 23 . Publifhed in the Year MDCCXLIV . B 3 THE DESIGN . HERE are certain powers in human nature.
... PLEASURES F IMAGINATION . A POE M. IN THREE BOOK S. ̓Ασεβῶς μέν ἐσιν ἀνθρώπε τὰς παρὰ τῇ θεῦ χάρας ἀτιμάζειν . EPICT . apud Arrian . II . 23 . Publifhed in the Year MDCCXLIV . B 3 THE DESIGN . HERE are certain powers in human nature.
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... human nature THE which seem to hold a middle place between the organs of bodily fenfe and the faculties of moral per- ception : They have been called by a very general name , The Powers of Imagination . Like the external fenfes , they ...
... human nature THE which seem to hold a middle place between the organs of bodily fenfe and the faculties of moral per- ception : They have been called by a very general name , The Powers of Imagination . Like the external fenfes , they ...
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... human genius , fo being in fome particulars not a little furprizing , gave an opportunity to enliven the di- dactic turn of the poem , by introducing an allegory to account for the appearance . After these parts of the subject which ...
... human genius , fo being in fome particulars not a little furprizing , gave an opportunity to enliven the di- dactic turn of the poem , by introducing an allegory to account for the appearance . After these parts of the subject which ...
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... human conftitution here infifted on ; and alfo to unite the moral excellencies of life in the fame point of view with the meer external objects . of good tafte ; thus recommending them in common to our natural propenfity for admiring ...
... human conftitution here infifted on ; and alfo to unite the moral excellencies of life in the fame point of view with the meer external objects . of good tafte ; thus recommending them in common to our natural propenfity for admiring ...
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... a wreath before . 55 From heaven my strains begin ; from heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast , And love and beauty , and poetic joy I And And inspiration . Ere the radiant fun Sprang from the 14 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
... a wreath before . 55 From heaven my strains begin ; from heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast , And love and beauty , and poetic joy I And And inspiration . Ere the radiant fun Sprang from the 14 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
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