Late Augustan PoetryPatricia Meyer Spacks |
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... sense impressions were the only source of human knowledge . Vision was sovereign among the senses , visual data being particularly distinct and powerful . The imagi- nation had no power really to create , only the capacity to combine ...
... sense impressions were the only source of human knowledge . Vision was sovereign among the senses , visual data being particularly distinct and powerful . The imagi- nation had no power really to create , only the capacity to combine ...
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... sense was later broadened to include leaning over . Milton uses the word in its Latin- ate sense to evoke the wonder of Satan's flight : the fallen angel rests on the air as though it were a solid substance . His enormous power ( to ...
... sense was later broadened to include leaning over . Milton uses the word in its Latin- ate sense to evoke the wonder of Satan's flight : the fallen angel rests on the air as though it were a solid substance . His enormous power ( to ...
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... sense of human " command " in perceptual terms : Now roves the eye , And posted on this speculative height Exults in its command . Concentrating on man's role as perceiver and interpreter of his environ- ment , Cowper in his nature ...
... sense of human " command " in perceptual terms : Now roves the eye , And posted on this speculative height Exults in its command . Concentrating on man's role as perceiver and interpreter of his environ- ment , Cowper in his nature ...
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