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" ... poetry, have a kindly influence on the body as well as the mind ; and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason... "
A new English Grammar - Page 71
by Maurice D. Kavanagh - 1859
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Select British Classics, Volume 16

English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his reader a potm or a prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile disquisitions, and...
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1804 - 412 pages
...grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not...the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature. I have in this paper, by way of introduction, settled...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not...the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature. I have in this paper, by way of introduction, set'...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...melancholy, and to set " the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. • For *' this reason, Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has *'...where he particularly dissuades him from knotty " and subtile disquisitions, and advises him to pursue studies " that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious...
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The British Essayists, Volume 12

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Hcaltb, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his reader a poem or a prospect, where he particularly dis. suadcs him from knotty and subtle disquisitions, and advises him to pursue studies that fill the...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar:: Consisting of ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought k improper to prescribe to his readerapoem, ora prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from...splendid and illustrious objects, as history, poetry, and contemplations of nature. If the English reader would see the notion explained at large, he ma) find...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions, for this reason, Sir Francis facon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper...prescribe to his reader a poem or a prospect, where fie particularly dissuades him from knotty ai.d subtile disquisitions, and advises him la pursue studies...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 2

Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...considerations: I shall examine the several sources from whence these pleasures are derived, in my next paper. Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his reader a ponn, or a prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtle disquisitions; and...
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The Spectator, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 362 pages
...grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not...the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature. I have in this paper, by way of introduction, settled...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions. For this reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health,' has...where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile disquisitions, and advises him to pursue studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious...
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