The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... LIGHT con- Having considered extension , so far as it is capable of raising ideas of greatness ; color comes next under consideration . All colors depend on light . Light therefore ought previously to be examined ; and with it its ...
... LIGHT con- Having considered extension , so far as it is capable of raising ideas of greatness ; color comes next under consideration . All colors depend on light . Light therefore ought previously to be examined ; and with it its ...
Page 545
... light ; snow , white and cold ; and manna white and sweet , from the ideas they produce in us , which qualities are ... light , heat , whiteness , or coldness , are no more really in them than sickness or pain is in manna . Take away the ...
... light ; snow , white and cold ; and manna white and sweet , from the ideas they produce in us , which qualities are ... light , heat , whiteness , or coldness , are no more really in them than sickness or pain is in manna . Take away the ...
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... light which we re- ceive by our eyes or touch from the sun , are com- monly thought real qualities existing in the sun , and something more than mere powers in it . But when we consider the sun in reference to wax , which it melts or ...
... light which we re- ceive by our eyes or touch from the sun , are com- monly thought real qualities existing in the sun , and something more than mere powers in it . But when we consider the sun in reference to wax , which it melts or ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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