The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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Page 274
... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute atten- tion , and employs the memory rather ...
... fancy without the censure of extravagance . The appearances of nature , and the occurrences of life did not satiate his appetite of greatness . To paint things as they are requires a minute atten- tion , and employs the memory rather ...
Page 548
... fancy ; judgment , on the contrary , lies quite on the other side , in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing ...
... fancy ; judgment , on the contrary , lies quite on the other side , in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing ...
Page 574
... fancy ! I admire ! How ? By accident : or as I please . No. But I learn to fancy , to ad- mire , to please as the subjects themselves are deserving and can bear me out . Otherwise , I like at this hour but dislike the next . I shall be ...
... fancy ! I admire ! How ? By accident : or as I please . No. But I learn to fancy , to ad- mire , to please as the subjects themselves are deserving and can bear me out . Otherwise , I like at this hour but dislike the next . I shall be ...
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Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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