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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805. ... common language it may be allowable to commit mistakes of this nature; and it would appear captious, to expect upon all occasions that accuracy, which ought to be observed by philosophers. We can excuse a poet, when he says, Full many a Jlower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desart air; while we recollect, that sweetness is a sensation, and while we esteem even in poetry, a stricter attention to that general law of nature, which teaches us, that there can be no sensation, without a sentient. Milton has finely said, As when to them, who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the blest; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheard with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles How exquisite is this description rendered by the bold and beautiful personification, with which it is terminated! A common poet would have given us a picture of still life, with balmy gales, and scented groves; and would too, perhaps, have talked of the perfumes of the desart. But here the mariners, who sail beyond the Cape of Hope, slack their course, with such delay well pleased, to enjoy Sabean odours blown from the shore of Araby the blest; and in the language of metaphor, cheared with the grateful smell for many a league, old Ocean smiles. Everything here is sentient, animated, and alive; nor is feeling coldly and vainly represented, where there is nothing to feel. Cowley has said prettily, at least, of what he calls the Muse-discovered world, Soft-footed Winds, with tuneful voices, there Dance through the perfumed air; and Thomson desires to seek the spot, Where scattered wild the lily of the vale Its balmy essence breathes. But the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Academical Questions. To get started finding Academical Questions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805. ... common language it may be allowable to commit mistakes of this nature; and it would appear captious, to expect upon all occasions that accuracy, which ought to be observed by philosophers. We can excuse a poet, when he says, Full many a Jlower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desart air; while we recollect, that sweetness is a sensation, and while we esteem even in poetry, a stricter attention to that general law of nature, which teaches us, that there can be no sensation, without a sentient. Milton has finely said, As when to them, who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the blest; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheard with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles How exquisite is this description rendered by the bold and beautiful personification, with which it is terminated! A common poet would have given us a picture of still life, with balmy gales, and scented groves; and would too, perhaps, have talked of the perfumes of the desart. But here the mariners, who sail beyond the Cape of Hope, slack their course, with such delay well pleased, to enjoy Sabean odours blown from the shore of Araby the blest; and in the language of metaphor, cheared with the grateful smell for many a league, old Ocean smiles. Everything here is sentient, animated, and alive; nor is feeling coldly and vainly represented, where there is nothing to feel. Cowley has said prettily, at least, of what he calls the Muse-discovered world, Soft-footed Winds, with tuneful voices, there Dance through the perfumed air; and Thomson desires to seek the spot, Where scattered wild the lily of the vale Its balmy essence breathes. But the ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Academical Questions. To get started finding Academical Questions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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