Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volumen1George Ramsay, 1815 - 447 páginas |
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... admiration or delight.- There are times , in the same manner , when we can read the Georgics , or the Seasons , with perfect indifference , and with no more emotion , than what we feel from the most uninteresting composition in prose ...
... admiration or delight.- There are times , in the same manner , when we can read the Georgics , or the Seasons , with perfect indifference , and with no more emotion , than what we feel from the most uninteresting composition in prose ...
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... ; but the delight with which we recollect the traces of their lives , blends itself insensibly with the emotions which the scenery ex- cites ; and the admiration which these re- collections afford 24 NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS.
... ; but the delight with which we recollect the traces of their lives , blends itself insensibly with the emotions which the scenery ex- cites ; and the admiration which these re- collections afford 24 NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS.
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... admiration . The valley of Vaucluse is celebrated for its beauty , yet how much of it has been owing to its being the residence of Petrarch ! Mais ces eaux , ce beau ciel , ce vallon enchanteur , Moins que Pétrarque et Laure ...
... admiration . The valley of Vaucluse is celebrated for its beauty , yet how much of it has been owing to its being the residence of Petrarch ! Mais ces eaux , ce beau ciel , ce vallon enchanteur , Moins que Pétrarque et Laure ...
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... admired , and so deserving of admiration , occur to them at every mo- ment , and with them , all those enthusiastic ideas of ancient genius and glory , which the study of so many years of youth so natu- rally leads them to form . Or ...
... admired , and so deserving of admiration , occur to them at every mo- ment , and with them , all those enthusiastic ideas of ancient genius and glory , which the study of so many years of youth so natu- rally leads them to form . Or ...
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... Admiration . The ideas , in the same manner , awakened by the view of the ocean in a storm , are ideas of Power , of Majesty , and of Terror . In every case where the emotions of Taste are felt , I con- ceive it will be found , that the ...
... Admiration . The ideas , in the same manner , awakened by the view of the ocean in a storm , are ideas of Power , of Majesty , and of Terror . In every case where the emotions of Taste are felt , I con- ceive it will be found , that the ...
Términos y frases comunes
2dly accordingly admiration amid angular animals appearances arises Artist asso associations attitude or gesture beau beautiful Form Beauty of Forms Beauty or Sublimity cause character circumstances Colours common Composition connection considered constitution contrary degree Delicacy delight dispositions distinguished ductions effect Emotion of Beauty Emotions of Sublimity Emotions of Taste Entablature excite experience expres Expression of Design feel felt as beautiful gaiety Grace Human Countenance Human Form human Voice ideas illustration imagination imitation instance ject kind language lours mankind manner Melan melancholy ment Motion Music nature neral ness objects observation obvious opinion ornaments painful passions peculiar perceive perhaps pleasing or interesting pleasure pression principle produce propriety qualities of mind racter readers regard relation rience riety scene scenery seems sense sensibility shew significant signs sion Sounds species Sublimity and Beauty Sublimity or Beauty tiful tion tone trains of thought tural ture Uniformity variety
Pasajes populares
Página 203 - Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp through the foul womb of night The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Página 45 - The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watchdog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 143 - The current that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage, And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Página 166 - ... aller et dériver lentement au gré de l'eau , quelquefois pendant plusieurs heures, plongé dans mille rêveries confuses, mais délicieuses, et qui, sans avoir aucun objet bien déterminé ni constant, ne laissaient pas d'être à mon gré cent fois préférables à tout ce que j'avais trouvé de plus doux dans ce qu'on appelle les plaisirs de la vie.
Página 166 - Quand le soir approchait je descendais des cimes de l'île et j'allais volontiers m'asseoir au bord du lac, sur la grève, dans quelque asile caché ; là le bruit des vagues et l'agitation de l'eau fixant mes sens et chassant de mon âme toute autre agitation la plongeaient dans une rêverie délicieuse où la nuit me surprenait souvent sans que je m'en fusse aperçu.
Página 58 - Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer. Ill wast thou shrouded then, O patient Son of God, yet only stood'st...
Página 201 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 167 - Le flux et le reflux de cette eau, son bruit continu, mais renflé par intervalles, frappant sans relâche mon oreille et mes yeux, suppléaient aux mouvements internes que la rêverie éteignait en moi, et suffisaient pour me faire sentir avec plaisir mon existence, sans prendre la peine de penser.
Página 202 - And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, Elijah?
Página 4 - When any object, either of sublimity or beauty, is presented to the mind, 1 believe every man is conscious of a train of thought being immediately awakened in his imagination, analogous to the character or expression of the original object.