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view and survey of outwardobjects:and these,I think,all proceed from the sight of whatis great,uncommon,or beautiful.There may,indeed,be some-thing so terrible or offensive,that the horror or loathsomenessof an object may overbear the pleasure which results from itsgreatness,novelty,or beauty,but still there will be such a mixture of delight in the very disgust it gives us,as any of thesethree qualifications are most conspicuous and prevailing.  \nBy greatness,I do not only mean the bulk of any single object,but the largeness of a whole view,considered as one entire piece.Such are the prospects of an open champaign country,a vastuncultivated desert,of huge heaps of mountains,high rocks andprecipices,or a wide expanse of waters,where we are not struckwith the novelty or beauty of the sight,but with that rude kindof magnificence which appears in many of these stupendousworks of nature.Our imagination loves to be filled with an ob-ject,or to grasp at anything that is too big for its capacity.Weare flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views,and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at theapprehension of them.The mind of man naturally hates every-thing that looks like a restraint upon it,and is apt to fancy if-self under a sort of confinement,when the sight is pent up in anarrow compass,and shortened on every side by the neighbour-hood of walls or mountains.On the contrary,a spacious hori-zon is an image of liberty,where the eye has room to rangeabroad,to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views,andto lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselvesto its observation.Such wide and undetermined prospects areas pleasing to the fancy,as the speculations of eternity or infini-tude are to the understanding.But if there be a beauty or un-  \ncommonness joined with this grandeur,as in a troubled oceana heaven adorned with stars and meteors,or a spacious landscapecut out into rivers,woods,rocks,and meadows,the pleasurestill grows upon us,as it ariscs from more than a singleprinciple.  \nEvcrything that is ncw or uncommon raises a pleasure in theimagination,becausc it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise,gratifies its curiosity,and gives it an idea of which it was notbefore possessed.We are,indeed,so often conversant with oncset of objects,and tired out with so many repeated shows ofthe same things,that whatever is new or uncommon contributesa little to vary human life,and to divert our minds,for awhile,with the strangeness of its appearance:it serves us fora kind of refreshment,and takes off from that satiety we areapt to complain of in our usual and ordinary entertainments.It is this that bestows charms on a monster,and makes eventhe imperfections of nature please us.It is this that recommendsvariety,where the mind is every instant called off to somethingnew,and the attention not suffered to dwell too long,and wasteitself on any particular object.It is this,likewise,that improveswhat is great or beautiful,and makes it afford the mind a doublcentertainment.Groves,fields,and meadows,are at any seasonof the year pleasant to look upon,but never so much as in theopening of the spring,when they are all new and fresh,withtheir first gloss upon them,and not yet too much accustomedand familiar to the eye.For this reason there is nothing thatmore enlivens a prospect than rivers,jetteaus,or falls of water,where the scene is perpetually shifting,and entertaining the sightevery moment with something that is new.We are quickly tiredwith looking upon hills and valleys,where everything continuesfixed and settled in the same place and posture,but find ourthoughts a little agitated and relieved at the sight of such objectsas are ever in motion,and sliding away from beneath the eyeof the beholder.  \nBut there is nothing that makes it","cbCailgEUpxOBIYz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailgEUpxOBIYz","pdf",1136335,"English","# The Pleasures of Imagination\n## Part I: Pleasures from outward objects and grandeur\n## Part II: Further classification of imaginative pleasures","[{\"question\":\"What kinds of outward objects does Addison say first delight the imagination?\",\"answer\":\"He says pleasures arise from the actual view and survey of outward objects, especially those that are great, uncommon, or beautiful.\"},{\"question\":\"How does novelty or uncommonness affect imaginative pleasure?\",\"answer\":\"Newness and uncommonness surprise the soul, satisfy curiosity, vary experience, and prevent mental fatigue from repeated sights.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Addison claim that beauty and different senses intensify imagination?\",\"answer\":\"Beauty quickly diffuses secret satisfaction and joy, and he argues that sound and fragrance can enhance the agreeable impressions of sight, so senses mutually reinforce one another.\"}]","The Pleasures of Imagination - Part 1 | PDF",1789767764]