Mark Akenside Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

11 Famous Quotes by Mark Akenside
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“The green retreats Of Academus.”
Learning Quotes
Source: Pleasures of the Imagination (canto I, l. 591)
“The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.”
Man Quotes
Source: Epistle to Curio
“This was Shakespeare's form; Who walked in every path of human life, Felt every passion; and to all mankind Doth now, will ever, that experience yield Which his own genius only could acquire.”
Shakespeare Quotes
Source: Inscription (IV)
“And the veil Spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, TO hid the feeling heart?”
Hypocrisy Quotes
Source: Pleasure of Imagination (bk. II, l. 147)
“At last the Muses rose, . . . And scattered, . . . as they flew, Their blooming wreaths from fair Valclusa's bowers To Arno's myrtle border.”
Rivers Quotes
Source: Pleasures of the Imagination (II)
“And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Such and so various are the tastes of men.”
Miscellaneous Quotes