Author : Thomas Campbell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333554538
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)
Book Synopsis The Pleasures of Hope (Classic Reprint) by : Thomas Campbell
Download or read book The Pleasures of Hope (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Campbell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pleasures of Hope The Poem opens with a comparison between the beauty of remote objects in a landscape, and those ideal scenes of felicity which the imagination delights to contemplate. - The in uence of anticipation upon the other passions is next delineated. An allusion is made to the well-known fiction in Pagan tradition, that, when all the guardian deities of mankind abandoned the world, Hope alone was left behind - The consolations of this passion in situations of danger and distress - The seaman on his midnight watch. The soldier marching into battle. - Allusion to the interesting adventures of Byron. The inspiration of Hope, as it actuates the efforts of genius, whether in the department of science, or of taste - Domestic felicity, how intimately connected with views of future happiness - Picture of a mother watching her infant when asleep. - Pictures of the prisoner, the maniac, and the wanderer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."