An Abridgment of Lectures on RhetorickJoseph Manahan, 1822 - 304 էջ |
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... is opened ; no less , than all the pleasures of the imagination , as they are generally called , wheth- er afforded us by natural objects , or by imita- tions and descriptions of them . It is not , 14 PLEASURES OF TASTE .
... is opened ; no less , than all the pleasures of the imagination , as they are generally called , wheth- er afforded us by natural objects , or by imita- tions and descriptions of them . It is not , 14 PLEASURES OF TASTE .
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... Imagination . By him these pleasures are ranged under three heads , beauty , grandeur and novelty . His spec- ulations on this subject , if not remarkably pro- found , are very beautiful and entertaining ; and he has the merit of having ...
... Imagination . By him these pleasures are ranged under three heads , beauty , grandeur and novelty . His spec- ulations on this subject , if not remarkably pro- found , are very beautiful and entertaining ; and he has the merit of having ...
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... imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely en- larged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes ...
... imagination are calculated to give us of the benevolence of our Creator . By these powers he hath widely en- larged the sphere of the pleasures of human life ; and those too of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes ...
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... imagination in description . All ideas of the solemn and awful kind , and even bordering on the terrible , tend greatly to assist the sublime ; such as darkness , solitude and silence . The firmament , when filled with stars , scattered ...
... imagination in description . All ideas of the solemn and awful kind , and even bordering on the terrible , tend greatly to assist the sublime ; such as darkness , solitude and silence . The firmament , when filled with stars , scattered ...
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... Imagination : Look then abroad through nature to the range Of planets , suns , and adamantine spheres , Wheeling , unshaken , through the void immense ! And speak . O Man ; does this capacious scene , With half that kindling majesty ...
... Imagination : Look then abroad through nature to the range Of planets , suns , and adamantine spheres , Wheeling , unshaken , through the void immense ! And speak . O Man ; does this capacious scene , With half that kindling majesty ...
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