 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,...gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. We are indeed so often conversant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many repeated shows... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon, raises a pleasure in the imagination,...gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. We are indeed so often conversant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many repeated shows... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,...curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before posscst. We are indeed so often conversant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many repeated... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...and would have been better expressed by, diversified -with rivers* •woods, &c. " Every thing that is new or uncommon, raises a pleasure in " the imagination,...it an idea of which " it was not before possessed. We are, indeed, so often con" versant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many " repeated... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it (ills the soul •with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 362 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a sinjgle principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,...gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. We are indeed so often conversant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many repeated shows... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...the pleasure still grows upon us, as it arises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,...curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possest. We are indeed so often conversant with one set of objects, and tired out with so many repeated... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1811 - 464 pages
...and would have been better expressed by, ** diversified wkh rivers, woods," &c. " Every thing that is new or uncommon raises " a pleasure in the imagination,...the " soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curi*' osity, and gives it an idea of which it was not " before possessed. We are, indeed, so often... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...grows upon us, ,as it rises from more than a single principle. Every thing that is new or unconutici raises a pleasure in the imagination, becau.se it...agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives h at» idea of which it was not before possessed. We are, indeed, so often conversant with one set... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...exquisite enjoyment of them consists. Novelty excites a pleasure in the imagination, because it strikes the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its...curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not Łossessed before. It contributes, therefore, to v*y uman life: it tends to divert and refresh the... | |
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Every thing that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. 
