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" We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision... "
Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 105
by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 508 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 16

1803 - 376 pages
...indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight ; but we have the power of retaining, altering and compounding...which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imagination ; for by this faculty a man in a dungeon...
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1804 - 412 pages
...indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight ; but we have the power of retaining, altering and compounding...which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imagination : for by this faculty a man in a dungeon...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering and compounding...which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imagination ; for by this faculty a man in a dungeon...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...found inattentive to the minutiae of grammar. Of the classics of this favoured age, I have ventured, though contrary to common opinion, to consider Addison...inaccurate composition. " I cannot stick to pronounce of inch a one that whatever he may think, &c. J" " If a man considers the face of Italy in general, *...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...found inattentive to the minutiae of grammar. Of the classics of this favoured age, I have ventured, though contrary to common opinion, to consider Addison...&c. *" " The last are, indeed, more preferable, &c, &c. f " As I wish to be brief on this ungrateful subject, I shall subjoin but two examples of inelegant...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...should have been used instead of the possessive ihdr l viz. " and whoie right hand is full of gifts." " We have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding,...those images which we have once received, into all die varieties of picture and vision." It is very proper to say, " altering and compounding those images...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...and- compounding them into all the varieties 01 picture and vision ;" or, perhaps, better thus : " We have. the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, and of forming then* into all the varieties of picture and vision.,"' both of the nominative and objective...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 pages
...indeed have a single image in the fancy, that " did not make its first entrance through the sight -t but we " have the power of retaining, altering and compounding...those images which we have once received, into all the varie" ties of picture and vision that are most agreeable to the imag*' ination ; for by this faculty,...
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English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an ...

Lindley Murray - 1807 - 290 pages
...into the heart of man, to conceive the things," &c. would have been regular. " We have the po>\-cr of retaining, altering, and compounding, those images...which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision. " It is very proper to say, " altering, and compounding those images which we...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 pages
...man, to conceive the things," &c. would have been regular. "We have the power of retaining, altefing, and compounding, those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision." It is very proper to say, " altering and compounding those images which we...
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