The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 63
... Objects as are before our Eyes ; and in the next place to speak of thofe fecondary Pleafures of the Imagination which flow from the Ideas of visible Ob- jects , when the Objects are not actually before the Eye , but are called up into ...
... Objects as are before our Eyes ; and in the next place to speak of thofe fecondary Pleafures of the Imagination which flow from the Ideas of visible Ob- jects , when the Objects are not actually before the Eye , but are called up into ...
Page 71
... Objects pleasant , or rather has made fo many Objects appear beautiful , that he might render the whole Creation more gay and delightful . He has given almost every thing about us the Power of raifing an agreeable Idea in the ...
... Objects pleasant , or rather has made fo many Objects appear beautiful , that he might render the whole Creation more gay and delightful . He has given almost every thing about us the Power of raifing an agreeable Idea in the ...
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... Objects with an endless Curiofity , is a Delight known only to thofe who are turned for Speculation : Nay they who enjoy it moft , value Things only as they are the Objects of Speculation , without drawing any worldly Ad- vantage to ...
... Objects with an endless Curiofity , is a Delight known only to thofe who are turned for Speculation : Nay they who enjoy it moft , value Things only as they are the Objects of Speculation , without drawing any worldly Ad- vantage to ...
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