Read full poem →had crept in by the frequent imprinting of them. His corrections were
the more to be valued, because he had an intimacy with both our authors,
and had been a spectator pf most of them when they were acted in their
Dictionary Entry
Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality.
Origin
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. intimacybetween intimacyintimacy sexual
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Poetry examples for “intimacy”
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Read full poem →and the poet, like Homer, is eloquent in silence. It is a species of beauty
that shews an intimacy with that father of poetry ^ in whom it occurs ex-
tremely often ^ Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of
Read full poem →The offence of this poor victim seems to have consisted solely in his
intimacy with Leigh Hunt, Mr. Hazlitt, and some other enemies of
despotism and superstition. My friend Hunt has a very hard skull to
Read full poem →Meaning always to be young.
And his wish is intimacy,
Intimater intimacy,
Read full poem →was as unsuccessful as the others. He had meantime formed an irregular
intimacy with Jean Armour, for which he was censured by the
Kirk-session. As a result of his farming misfortunes, and the attempts
Read full poem →Your Ladyship's peculiar intimacy with the poet Cowper, and your
former residence at Weston, where every object is embellished by his