The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1Nichols and Son, 1801 - 588 pàgines |
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... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflexion and com- parifon are employed ; and in the mafs of mate- rials which ingenious abfurdity has thrown toge- ther , genuine wit and ufeful knowledge may be fometimes ...
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflexion and com- parifon are employed ; and in the mafs of mate- rials which ingenious abfurdity has thrown toge- ther , genuine wit and ufeful knowledge may be fometimes ...
Pàgina 38
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not affigned it ...
... imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of this thought to be worse for being true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not affigned it ...
Pàgina 51
... imagination over - awed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiefce in the nakednefs and fimplicity of the au- thentic narrative , and to repofe on its veracity with fuch humble confidence as fuppreffes curiofity . We go ...
... imagination over - awed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiefce in the nakednefs and fimplicity of the au- thentic narrative , and to repofe on its veracity with fuch humble confidence as fuppreffes curiofity . We go ...
Pàgina 123
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur aftris . The author that thinks himfelf weather- bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has poffeffion of the head , it produces ...
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur aftris . The author that thinks himfelf weather- bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has poffeffion of the head , it produces ...
Pàgina 125
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by fuch fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear left his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might confiftently ...
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by fuch fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear left his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might confiftently ...
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