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In all these catalogues the element of witty surprise is strong enough to startle the mind from the sense of total contempt and , although the critical content is manifestly present , it coalesces with the reader's recognition of ...
In all these catalogues the element of witty surprise is strong enough to startle the mind from the sense of total contempt and , although the critical content is manifestly present , it coalesces with the reader's recognition of ...
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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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His notion that imagination , delighting in the perceptions of one sense , is “ capable of receiving a new satisfaction by ... description of the increased delights in the sweets of one sense because of the concurrence of other senses .
His notion that imagination , delighting in the perceptions of one sense , is “ capable of receiving a new satisfaction by ... description of the increased delights in the sweets of one sense because of the concurrence of other senses .
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Contents
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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