Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 152
... philosophers , the province of imagination would appear to be limited to objects of sight . " " It is the sense of sight , " says Mr. Addison , " which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by the pleasures of imagination ...
... philosophers , the province of imagination would appear to be limited to objects of sight . " " It is the sense of sight , " says Mr. Addison , " which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by the pleasures of imagination ...
Page 156
... warm imagination ; and to the com- positions of every people , among whom a culti- vated and philosophical taste has not established 6 a sufficiently marked distinction between the ap- propriate styles of 156 ON THE CRITICAL ABILITIES.
... warm imagination ; and to the com- positions of every people , among whom a culti- vated and philosophical taste has not established 6 a sufficiently marked distinction between the ap- propriate styles of 156 ON THE CRITICAL ABILITIES.
Page 158
... philosophical spirit of Addison to considerable advantage . The illustrations of the three sources that he has enumerated are conceived with great richness of fancy and purity of taste ; and the ninth and tenth numbers , on the ...
... philosophical spirit of Addison to considerable advantage . The illustrations of the three sources that he has enumerated are conceived with great richness of fancy and purity of taste ; and the ninth and tenth numbers , on the ...
Page 167
... philosophical criticism ; and , by the fascination of his style and manner , he infused into his readers a love for the harmony and elegancies of composition . To these invaluable gifts may be added his successful efforts to introduce a ...
... philosophical criticism ; and , by the fascination of his style and manner , he infused into his readers a love for the harmony and elegancies of composition . To these invaluable gifts may be added his successful efforts to introduce a ...
Page 178
... Philosophical Transactions and Collections , " published in 1700 . " Sitting in some company , " says the author , " and having been , but a little before , musical , I chanced to take notice , that , in ordinary dis- course , words ...
... Philosophical Transactions and Collections , " published in 1700 . " Sitting in some company , " says the author , " and having been , but a little before , musical , I chanced to take notice , that , in ordinary dis- course , words ...
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