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Page 202
Even the wonders of the pyramids — indeed , of the Great Pyramid itself — fail to satisfy him , especially in view of Imlac's startling analysis : It seems to have been erected only in compliance with that hunger of imagination which ...
Even the wonders of the pyramids — indeed , of the Great Pyramid itself — fail to satisfy him , especially in view of Imlac's startling analysis : It seems to have been erected only in compliance with that hunger of imagination which ...
Page 236
... he seems to produce without labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick , but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial ...
... he seems to produce without labour , what no labour can improve . In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick , but in comedy he seems to repose , or to luxuriate , as in a mode of thinking congenial ...
Page 237
He omits opportunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affecting , for the sake of those which are It may be observed ...
He omits opportunities of instructing or delighting which the train of his story seems to force upon him , and apparently rejects those exhibitions which would be more affecting , for the sake of those which are It may be observed ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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