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N O V E L s . The Wanderings of the Imagination . By Mrs . Gooch . In two
Volumes . 8vo . 6s . Secued . Crosby . 1796 . " Those were little acquainted with
the nature of the human mind , who connected the idea of happiness with that of
rest .
N O V E L s . The Wanderings of the Imagination . By Mrs . Gooch . In two
Volumes . 8vo . 6s . Secued . Crosby . 1796 . " Those were little acquainted with
the nature of the human mind , who connected the idea of happiness with that of
rest .
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Of this couplet , which begins a beautiful sonnet in the Divant of Sâdi , I shall
confine my observations to one word , I mean that which I have translated angel ,
for want of a better term to express my idea of the Persian Peri , a being , which ,
as I ...
Of this couplet , which begins a beautiful sonnet in the Divant of Sâdi , I shall
confine my observations to one word , I mean that which I have translated angel ,
for want of a better term to express my idea of the Persian Peri , a being , which ,
as I ...
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But the sublime idea which Milton entertained of a Fairy vision , corresponds
rather with that which the Persian poets have conceived of the Peries : “ Their
port was more than human as they stood - I took it for a fairy vision , Of some gay
...
But the sublime idea which Milton entertained of a Fairy vision , corresponds
rather with that which the Persian poets have conceived of the Peries : “ Their
port was more than human as they stood - I took it for a fairy vision , Of some gay
...
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