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Page 53
My reading , as I have already said , lay almost entirely in books of taste ; but I
now found , instead of relieving my mind , this sort of reading fatigued and
exhausted it . The enjoyment which I received was of a kind which rested in itself ,
and led ...
My reading , as I have already said , lay almost entirely in books of taste ; but I
now found , instead of relieving my mind , this sort of reading fatigued and
exhausted it . The enjoyment which I received was of a kind which rested in itself ,
and led ...
Page 167
... uncertainly marked as not to be easily distinguished ; and if the powers of
poetry , or the eloquence of sentiment , should be on the side of the latter , it will
require a greater firmness of mind than youth or inexperience is master of to
resist it .
... uncertainly marked as not to be easily distinguished ; and if the powers of
poetry , or the eloquence of sentiment , should be on the side of the latter , it will
require a greater firmness of mind than youth or inexperience is master of to
resist it .
Page 192
To a mind of that happy conformation which the poet here describes , the sources
of pleasure are infinite . Nature is not less delightful in her general impressions ,
than when surveyed in detail ; and to the former of these the verses above ...
To a mind of that happy conformation which the poet here describes , the sources
of pleasure are infinite . Nature is not less delightful in her general impressions ,
than when surveyed in detail ; and to the former of these the verses above ...
Page 258
He shows the manner by which prevailing passions influence our thoughts in the
association of ideas : that they do not throw their objects upon the mind abruptly ,
or without coherence , but proceed by a regular progress : for that how different ...
He shows the manner by which prevailing passions influence our thoughts in the
association of ideas : that they do not throw their objects upon the mind abruptly ,
or without coherence , but proceed by a regular progress : for that how different ...
Page 306
To point out the feelings of the character , -to represent the turn of mind — to
display the humour or internal features of the man , was not so much the object ,
as to bring the person himself on the stage , and to raise ridicule in the audience ,
by ...
To point out the feelings of the character , -to represent the turn of mind — to
display the humour or internal features of the man , was not so much the object ,
as to bring the person himself on the stage , and to raise ridicule in the audience ,
by ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: The Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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