Chapter 2 of The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ARGUMENT. The subject proposed. Difficulty of treating it poetically. The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination. The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
Chapter 2 of The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading “ARGUMENT.”
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
From this reading “The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.”
occurring at or forming an end or termination
From this reading “The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.”
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.”
giving pleasure and satisfaction
From this reading “The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.”
in a poetic manner
From this reading “Difficulty of treating it poetically.”
-ing form of “treat” — interact in a certain way
From this reading “Difficulty of treating it poetically.”
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading “The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.”
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a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading ARGUMENT.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Difficulty of treating it poetically.
emanating from God
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
occurring at or forming an end or termination
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Difficulty of treating it poetically.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
the force of workers available
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Difficulty of treating it poetically.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
giving pleasure and satisfaction
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
in a poetic manner
From this reading Difficulty of treating it poetically.
past form of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading The subject proposed.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading The subject proposed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The subject proposed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ideas of the Divine Mind the origin of every quality pleasing to the imagination.
-ing form of “treat” — interact in a certain way
From this reading Difficulty of treating it poetically.
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The natural variety of constitution in the minds of men; with its final cause.
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