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THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION , VI NO . 416 , JUNE 27 , 1712 The secondary pleasures of the imagination . The several sources of these pleasures ( statuary , painting , description , and music ) compared together .
THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION , VI NO . 416 , JUNE 27 , 1712 The secondary pleasures of the imagination . The several sources of these pleasures ( statuary , painting , description , and music ) compared together .
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But , according to Johnson , this full exertion of mind , directed by reason and the intelligent use of experience , must also include emotion and the imagination . Among the primary subjects of the poet , none is more important than ...
But , according to Johnson , this full exertion of mind , directed by reason and the intelligent use of experience , must also include emotion and the imagination . Among the primary subjects of the poet , none is more important than ...
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2 One of the most notable elements in the poetry of Akenside is the glorification of the imagination and of all forms of sense knowledge . It is at the root of the greater part of his poetry . To him the powers of imagination were ...
2 One of the most notable elements in the poetry of Akenside is the glorification of the imagination and of all forms of sense knowledge . It is at the root of the greater part of his poetry . To him the powers of imagination were ...
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General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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