The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... mind , a pleasure of a very different nature , that which arifes from ridicule , came next to be confidered . As this is the foundation of the comic manner in all the arts , and has been but very imperfectly treated by mo- ral writers ...
... mind , a pleasure of a very different nature , that which arifes from ridicule , came next to be confidered . As this is the foundation of the comic manner in all the arts , and has been but very imperfectly treated by mo- ral writers ...
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... mind , the origin of . every quality pleafing to the imagination . The na- tural variety of conftitution in the minds of men ; with its final caufe . The idea of a fine imagination , and the state of the mind in the enjoyment of those ...
... mind , the origin of . every quality pleafing to the imagination . The na- tural variety of conftitution in the minds of men ; with its final caufe . The idea of a fine imagination , and the state of the mind in the enjoyment of those ...
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... mind , And to moft fubtle and myfterious things 30 35 40 45 Give colour , ftrength , and motion . But the love Of Nature and the Mufes bids explore , Through fecrct paths erewhile untrod by man , The fair poetic region , to detect 50 ...
... mind , And to moft fubtle and myfterious things 30 35 40 45 Give colour , ftrength , and motion . But the love Of Nature and the Mufes bids explore , Through fecrct paths erewhile untrod by man , The fair poetic region , to detect 50 ...
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... 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 Confenting , founded ...
... 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 Confenting , founded ...
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... mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man ; how far beyond The praise of mortals , may the eternal growth Of nature to perfection half divine , Expand the blooming foul ? What pity then Should floth's unkindly fogs deprefs to ...
... mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man ; how far beyond The praise of mortals , may the eternal growth Of nature to perfection half divine , Expand the blooming foul ? What pity then Should floth's unkindly fogs deprefs to ...
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