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Page 15
... imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which CATO is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was CATO , and not ...
... imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which CATO is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was CATO , and not ...
Page 34
... imagination . The same folly hinders a man from submitting his behaviour to his age , and makes CLODIUS , who was a celebrated dancer at five and twenty , still love to hobble in a minuet , though he is past three score . It is this ...
... imagination . The same folly hinders a man from submitting his behaviour to his age , and makes CLODIUS , who was a celebrated dancer at five and twenty , still love to hobble in a minuet , though he is past three score . It is this ...
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... imagination . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the burning lake , his rising from it , and the description of his shield and spear . " Thus ...
... imagination . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the burning lake , his rising from it , and the description of his shield and spear . " Thus ...
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... imagination , in this ancient prophecy or report in Heaven , concerning the creation of man . Nothing could shew more the dignity of the species than this tradition which ran of them before their existence . They are represented to have ...
... imagination , in this ancient prophecy or report in Heaven , concerning the creation of man . Nothing could shew more the dignity of the species than this tradition which ran of them before their existence . They are represented to have ...
Page 115
... imagination , and gives room for many a striking and sublime description . In Epic Poetry , in particular where admiration and lofty ideas are supposed to reign , the marvellous and supernatural find , if any where , their proper place ...
... imagination , and gives room for many a striking and sublime description . In Epic Poetry , in particular where admiration and lofty ideas are supposed to reign , the marvellous and supernatural find , if any where , their proper place ...
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