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This circumstance renders it necessary that some person of sufficient sagacity to
discover and to describe what is beautiful , and so impartial as to disregard
vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from obscurity .
This circumstance renders it necessary that some person of sufficient sagacity to
discover and to describe what is beautiful , and so impartial as to disregard
vulgar prejudices , should guide the public taste , and raise merit from obscurity .
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In recommending to our fellow - citizens the cultivation of a general taste in the
fine arts , and a liberal attention to every institution calculated to promote it , we
should not overlook some of its most interesting uses to society . Every man who
is ...
In recommending to our fellow - citizens the cultivation of a general taste in the
fine arts , and a liberal attention to every institution calculated to promote it , we
should not overlook some of its most interesting uses to society . Every man who
is ...
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He further declares , that “ a taste in the fine arts and the moral sense go hand in
hand . ” May I be indulged in a further extract from this distinguished critic and
moralist ? “ Mathematical and metaphysical reasonings , ” he says , “ have no ...
He further declares , that “ a taste in the fine arts and the moral sense go hand in
hand . ” May I be indulged in a further extract from this distinguished critic and
moralist ? “ Mathematical and metaphysical reasonings , ” he says , “ have no ...
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It is only necessary we should have chastened and improved that taste of which
every man has from nature a portion , to derive from these expensive
possessions every pleasure they can bestow . Thus it is that wealth spreads her
bounty ...
It is only necessary we should have chastened and improved that taste of which
every man has from nature a portion , to derive from these expensive
possessions every pleasure they can bestow . Thus it is that wealth spreads her
bounty ...
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What , then , is taste , but these internal powers , Active and strong , and feelingly
alive To each fine impulse ; a discerning sense Of decent and sublime , with
quick disgust From things deformed , or disarranged , or gross in species ?
What , then , is taste , but these internal powers , Active and strong , and feelingly
alive To each fine impulse ; a discerning sense Of decent and sublime , with
quick disgust From things deformed , or disarranged , or gross in species ?
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Pasajes populares
Página 319 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 321 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Página 284 - ... government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end...
Página 81 - Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers, Becomes herself harmonious : wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspired delight : her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.
Página 29 - Jack and Gill went up the hill To draw a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Gill came tumbling after.
Página 193 - ... upon one, the hall of which was open, and the windows lifted. After knocking for some time, a young girl appeared, with many marks of distress. In answer to my question, she answered that both her parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none such; and left me, on some one's calling to her from above, in the midst of my embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomforted and...
Página 208 - The worms from the webs, where they riot and welter: His song and his services freely are ours, And all that he asks is — in summer a shelter. The plowman is pleased when he gleans in his train.
Página 2 - Harvard College Library FROM THE BEQUEST OF SAMUEL SHAPLEIGH CLASS OF 1789 LIBRARIAN OF HARVARD COLLEGE 1793-1800 4 >4 4 ^ >4.
Página 80 - By kind illusions of the wondering sense Thou mak'st all Nature beauty to his eye, Or music to his ear...
Página 207 - He flits through the orchard, he visits each tree, The red flowering peach, and the apple's sweet blossoms ; He snaps up destroyers wherever they be, And seizes the caitiffs that lurk in their bosoms ; He drags the vile grub from the corn it devours, The worms from their beds where they riot and welter ; His song and his services freely are ours, And all that he asks is, in summer a shelter.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature American literary annuals and gift books 1825-1865 Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Volúmenes26113-26117 de Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Nov. 2007 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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