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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.31843#0105
CATALOGUE OF BLAKE’S ENGRAVED DESIGNS
157. I. A bowed old man under a tree ; a dog looks up at him. Man
cannot naturally Percieve, but through his natural or bodily organs.
2jX if in.
158. II. A woman kneeling under a tree holds a child which stretches
its hands out to a bird. Man by his reasoning power can only compare
dc judge of what he has already perciev’d.
2X ij in.
159. III. A man sits stretching his arms in front of him. A winged
elf seems trying to rouse him in vain. From a perception of only 3
senses or 3 elements none could deduce a fourth or fifth.
2Xi| in.
160. IV. A seated shepherd piping; sheep and trees in background.
None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if he had none
but organic perceptions.
2 X i§ in.
161. V. A boy with outstretched hands goes toward a stream on which
is a swan. A tree left. Man’s desires are limited by his perceptions,
none can desire what he has not perciev’d.
2Xi| in.
162. VI. A figure reclining among waving grass at the foot of a tree,
and reading a book. The desires and perceptions of man untaught
by anything but organs of sense must be limited to objects of sense.
2§X if in.
(The tenth and concluding plate appears to have text only and no
design.)
There is No Natural Religion ; second set.
163. Frontispiece.
“ A robed figure with his left arm outstretched over a nude man
who is half reclining on the ground." (Keynes.)
164. I. An old man lying on the ground, reading. Man’s perceptions
are not bounded by organs of perception, he percieves more than sense
(tho’ ever so acute) can discover.
2fXif in.
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157. I. A bowed old man under a tree ; a dog looks up at him. Man
cannot naturally Percieve, but through his natural or bodily organs.
2jX if in.
158. II. A woman kneeling under a tree holds a child which stretches
its hands out to a bird. Man by his reasoning power can only compare
dc judge of what he has already perciev’d.
2X ij in.
159. III. A man sits stretching his arms in front of him. A winged
elf seems trying to rouse him in vain. From a perception of only 3
senses or 3 elements none could deduce a fourth or fifth.
2Xi| in.
160. IV. A seated shepherd piping; sheep and trees in background.
None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if he had none
but organic perceptions.
2 X i§ in.
161. V. A boy with outstretched hands goes toward a stream on which
is a swan. A tree left. Man’s desires are limited by his perceptions,
none can desire what he has not perciev’d.
2Xi| in.
162. VI. A figure reclining among waving grass at the foot of a tree,
and reading a book. The desires and perceptions of man untaught
by anything but organs of sense must be limited to objects of sense.
2§X if in.
(The tenth and concluding plate appears to have text only and no
design.)
There is No Natural Religion ; second set.
163. Frontispiece.
“ A robed figure with his left arm outstretched over a nude man
who is half reclining on the ground." (Keynes.)
164. I. An old man lying on the ground, reading. Man’s perceptions
are not bounded by organs of perception, he percieves more than sense
(tho’ ever so acute) can discover.
2fXif in.
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