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Pagina 19
... often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and com- parison are employed ; and , in the mass of mate- rials which ingenious absurdity has thrown toge ther , genuine COWLEY . 19.
... often surprises ; if the imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and com- parison are employed ; and , in the mass of mate- rials which ingenious absurdity has thrown toge ther , genuine COWLEY . 19.
Pagina 36
... 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 the worse for being true . The bay leaf crackles remark- ably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not ...
... 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 the worse for being true . The bay leaf crackles remark- ably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not ...
Pagina 48
... imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the au- thentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with ...
... imagination overawed and controlled . We have been accustomed to ac- quiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the au- thentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence as suppresses curiosity . We go with ...
Pagina 115
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur astris . The author that thinks himself weather- bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has possession of the head , it produces ...
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur astris . The author that thinks himself weather- bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has possession of the head , it produces ...
Pagina 116
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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