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Page 120
... imaginations with the same dexterity , languish under afflic- tions which might be easily removed . It were doubtless to be ... imagination with those ideal opiates , of having tried the same experiment upon his conscience ; and , having ...
... imaginations with the same dexterity , languish under afflic- tions which might be easily removed . It were doubtless to be ... imagination with those ideal opiates , of having tried the same experiment upon his conscience ; and , having ...
Page 131
... imagination in delightful prospects ; and , therefore , whatever speculations they may produce in those who have confined themselves to political studies , naturally fixed the attention , and excited the applause of a poet . The ...
... imagination in delightful prospects ; and , therefore , whatever speculations they may produce in those who have confined themselves to political studies , naturally fixed the attention , and excited the applause of a poet . The ...
Page 391
... Imagination , " appeared in 1744. I have heard Dodsley , by whom it was published , relate , that when the copy was offered him , the price de- manded for it , which was a hundred and twenty pounds , being such as he was not inclined to ...
... Imagination , " appeared in 1744. I have heard Dodsley , by whom it was published , relate , that when the copy was offered him , the price de- manded for it , which was a hundred and twenty pounds , being such as he was not inclined to ...
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