The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... reason of this concurrence . Befides which , the imitative arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimi- lar exhibition of properties quite foreign to the imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most imagi- 8 ...
... reason of this concurrence . Befides which , the imitative arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimi- lar exhibition of properties quite foreign to the imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most imagi- 8 ...
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... reason , all the shapes Of swift contingence , all fucceffive ties Of action propagated through the fum Of poffible existence , he at once , Down the long series of eventful time , So fix'd the dates of being , fo difpos'd , To every ...
... reason , all the shapes Of swift contingence , all fucceffive ties Of action propagated through the fum Of poffible existence , he at once , Down the long series of eventful time , So fix'd the dates of being , fo difpos'd , To every ...
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... reason wander through a fatal road , ` 555 Far from their native aim : as if to lye * Inglorious in the fragrant fhade , and wait The foft accefs of ever - circling joys , Were all the end of being . Afk thyself , This pleasing error ...
... reason wander through a fatal road , ` 555 Far from their native aim : as if to lye * Inglorious in the fragrant fhade , and wait The foft accefs of ever - circling joys , Were all the end of being . Afk thyself , This pleasing error ...
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... reason , till no longer he difcerns , And only guides to err . Then revel forth 4-5 50 A furious band that fpurn him from the throne ! And all is uproar . Thus ambition grafps The empire of the foul : thus pale revenge Unfheaths her ...
... reason , till no longer he difcerns , And only guides to err . Then revel forth 4-5 50 A furious band that fpurn him from the throne ! And all is uproar . Thus ambition grafps The empire of the foul : thus pale revenge Unfheaths her ...
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... reason , and at once By this prompt impulfe urge us to deprefs The giddy aims of folly ? Though the light Of truth flow dawning on the inquiring mind , At length unfolds , through many a fubtile tie , How thefe uncouth diforders end at ...
... reason , and at once By this prompt impulfe urge us to deprefs The giddy aims of folly ? Though the light Of truth flow dawning on the inquiring mind , At length unfolds , through many a fubtile tie , How thefe uncouth diforders end at ...
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