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Page 36
... imagination . It is not eafy to give a tronger reprefentation of the weariness of defpondency than in the words of Samfon to his father . I feel my genial fpirits droop , My hopes all flat , nature within me feems In all her functions ...
... imagination . It is not eafy to give a tronger reprefentation of the weariness of defpondency than in the words of Samfon to his father . I feel my genial fpirits droop , My hopes all flat , nature within me feems In all her functions ...
Page 121
... imagination with new images , of clearing their doubts , and enlightening their reason . WHEN Jafon , in Valerius Flaccus , would incline the young prince Acaftus to accom- pany him in the firft effay of navigation , he difperfes his ...
... imagination with new images , of clearing their doubts , and enlightening their reason . WHEN Jafon , in Valerius Flaccus , would incline the young prince Acaftus to accom- pany him in the firft effay of navigation , he difperfes his ...
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... imagination are deferted , and our intellectual activity is exercised in winding through the labyrinths of fallacy , and toiling with firm and cauti- ous fteps up the narrow tracks of demonftra- tion . Whatever may lull vigilance , or ...
... imagination are deferted , and our intellectual activity is exercised in winding through the labyrinths of fallacy , and toiling with firm and cauti- ous fteps up the narrow tracks of demonftra- tion . Whatever may lull vigilance , or ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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