Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, strand., 1811 |
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... MIND : WHEREAS REASON DOTH BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE NATURE OF THINGS . For to gratify the desires of the mind , is to PLEASE : Pleasure then , in the idea of Lord Bacon , is the ultimate and ap- B 2.
... MIND : WHEREAS REASON DOTH BUCKLE AND BOW THE MIND UNTO THE NATURE OF THINGS . For to gratify the desires of the mind , is to PLEASE : Pleasure then , in the idea of Lord Bacon , is the ultimate and ap- B 2.
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... mind , and doth not ( as other kinds of writing , which are under the controul of reason ) buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things . But they , who like a principle the better for seeing it in Greek , may take it in the words of ...
... mind , and doth not ( as other kinds of writing , which are under the controul of reason ) buckle and bow the mind to the nature of things . But they , who like a principle the better for seeing it in Greek , may take it in the words of ...
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... mind the most distinct and vivid concep- tions ; and truth of representation being of less account in this way of composition , than the liveliness of it , poetry , as such , will delight in tropes and figures , and those the most ...
... mind the most distinct and vivid concep- tions ; and truth of representation being of less account in this way of composition , than the liveliness of it , poetry , as such , will delight in tropes and figures , and those the most ...
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... mind of man , sublime and elevated , which prompts it to overlook all obvious and familiar appearances , Empedocles . See Plutarch , vol . I. p . 15. Par . 1624 . and to feign to itself other and more extraor- dinary ON THE IDEA OF.
... mind of man , sublime and elevated , which prompts it to overlook all obvious and familiar appearances , Empedocles . See Plutarch , vol . I. p . 15. Par . 1624 . and to feign to itself other and more extraor- dinary ON THE IDEA OF.
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... mind to these exalted conceptions . Hence it comes to pass , that it deals in apostrophes and invocations ; that it imperso- nates the virtues and vices ; peoples all creation with new and living forms ; calls up infernal spectres to ...
... mind to these exalted conceptions . Hence it comes to pass , that it deals in apostrophes and invocations ; that it imperso- nates the virtues and vices ; peoples all creation with new and living forms ; calls up infernal spectres to ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 256 - Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal ; but when lust By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Página 255 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Página 256 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become • A kneaded clod...
Página 133 - Tout est dit : et l'on vient trop tard depuis plus de sept mille ans qu'il ya des hommes, et qui pensent.
Página 256 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 286 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Página 256 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 256 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Página 278 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 256 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape.