Poems on Several Subjects, Volume 1G. Pearch, 1769 - Classical poetry |
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Page xv
... reason thefe Writers appear to have been offended ) is plainly the fpirit of their Critique on the Poem entitled Paradife . - Let us try , as an example of this , the very first remark that occurs . The Author of the article on that ...
... reason thefe Writers appear to have been offended ) is plainly the fpirit of their Critique on the Poem entitled Paradife . - Let us try , as an example of this , the very first remark that occurs . The Author of the article on that ...
Page xxi
... Reason and Ima gination , properly moderated and co - operating with united influence , to promote the discovery or the illuftration of truth . Though it is certain that a feparate province is af- figned to each of these faculties , yet ...
... Reason and Ima gination , properly moderated and co - operating with united influence , to promote the discovery or the illuftration of truth . Though it is certain that a feparate province is af- figned to each of these faculties , yet ...
Page xxii
... Reason in every mind is an uniform power , and its appearance is regular , and inva- riably permanent . When this Faculty therefore predomi- nates in the fphere of compofition , fentiments will follow each other in connected fucceffion ...
... Reason in every mind is an uniform power , and its appearance is regular , and inva- riably permanent . When this Faculty therefore predomi- nates in the fphere of compofition , fentiments will follow each other in connected fucceffion ...
Page lxxxvii
... reason is for- mally stated , and is carried on by the procefs of connected argumentation ; whereas , in that of the former , the Judg- ment is principally employed in the difpofition of materials . Thus In the Epopee we judge of the ...
... reason is for- mally stated , and is carried on by the procefs of connected argumentation ; whereas , in that of the former , the Judg- ment is principally employed in the difpofition of materials . Thus In the Epopee we judge of the ...
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... reason to fix upon the moft forcible arguments , as well as to throw them into the happieft difpofition , We have feen however , in fome late performances , what fuperior advantages this branch of the art receives from a juft and proper ...
... reason to fix upon the moft forcible arguments , as well as to throw them into the happieft difpofition , We have feen however , in fome late performances , what fuperior advantages this branch of the art receives from a juft and proper ...
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