"We are gratify'd to see an unexpected Idea presented to our Understanding, and wonder at the beautiful Conjunction of Notions so separate and remote before; and whatever is marvellous is delightful too; as we always feel a Pleasure at the sight of Foreigners and their Garments, so the Mind rejoices to see an Object out of its ordinary Dress, and appearing by the help of a Metaphor in the Habit of a Stranger"
An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Epick Poetry [in Essays upon Several Subjects. By Sir Richard Blackmore...]