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... imagination in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off into his work the ...
... imagination in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning , to throw off into his work the ...
Page 97
... imagination . But his images and descriptions of the scenes or operations of nature do not seem to be always copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate observation . He saw nature , as ...
... imagination . But his images and descriptions of the scenes or operations of nature do not seem to be always copied from original form , nor to have the freshness , raciness , and energy of immediate observation . He saw nature , as ...
Page 99
... imagination place himself ; he has therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy . We all , indeed , feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam , and like him must all bewail our offences : we have restless and ...
... imagination place himself ; he has therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy . We all , indeed , feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam , and like him must all bewail our offences : we have restless and ...
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