| James Harris - Form (Philosophy) - 1799 - 544 pages
...glance fr cm Heav'n to Earth, front Earth to Heav'n, And as IMAGINATION bodies forth THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN, the Poet's Pen , . .', Turns them to Shape, and gives to airy nothings : A local Habitation and a Name fzj. v And hence that tribe of FIGURES, which are neither... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heavV, " And as Imagination bodies forth "The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen " Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing " A local habitation, and a name." Shakspeare. No method of instruction has been more ancient, more universal,... | |
| Richard Warner - England - 1802 - 318 pages
...earth, from earth to heav'n ; " And, as imagination bodies forth " The forms of things unknown, whofe pen " Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing " A local habitation and a name; or whether we consider him as " a man amongst men;" a nice analyzer of their... | |
| Henry Kett - Best books - 1803 - 468 pages
...imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to fhape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name." Of the nature and effects of the art, the fweet and original {"trains of the Minjlrd may give no imperfect idea : " But hail, ye mighty matters... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n, And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. DESCRIPTION of a MAN swimming ashore. (SHAKESPEARE.) I SAW him beat the surges... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ;^ And as imagination bodies forth ... The form of things unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives-.to airy nothing; A local habile. 'ion and a name, Heaven .doth with us as we with torches do,,... | |
| Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1810 - 220 pages
...glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. This is perhaps the finest picture of human genius that ever was drawn by a... | |
| John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 446 pages
...glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen < Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. This is poetical invention, described with more than poetical truth. For observe,... | |
| John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...phrenzy rolling Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to aery nothing A local habitation and a name. The most essential differences in poetical composition... | |
| Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heav'n And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to. airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Midsummer Night't Dream. ON THE PRETERNATURAL BEINGS. the genius of Shakspeare,... | |
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