Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volumen1Cummings and Hilliard, 1812 - 434 páginas |
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... degree in which the emotions of sublimity or beauty are felt , is , in general , proportioned to the prevalence of those relations of thought in the mind , upon which this exercise of imagination depends . The principal rela- tion which ...
... degree in which the emotions of sublimity or beauty are felt , is , in general , proportioned to the prevalence of those relations of thought in the mind , upon which this exercise of imagination depends . The principal rela- tion which ...
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... degree in which this uniformity of character prevails . The same effect , however , is not produced upon all men . There are many , whom the prospect of such ap- pearances in nature excites to no exercise of fancy whatever ; who , by ...
... degree in which this uniformity of character prevails . The same effect , however , is not produced upon all men . There are many , whom the prospect of such ap- pearances in nature excites to no exercise of fancy whatever ; who , by ...
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... degree of attention , or when any other cause has restrained the usual exercise of their imagination . To the qualities which are productive of simple emotion , to the useful , the agreeable , the fitting , or the convenient in objects ...
... degree of attention , or when any other cause has restrained the usual exercise of their imagination . To the qualities which are productive of simple emotion , to the useful , the agreeable , the fitting , or the convenient in objects ...
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... degree and character of grandeur , which I have seldom found equalled in any other composition . The idea of it was probably taken from these fine lines of Virgil in the second Georgic , in describing the effects of spring : Non alios ...
... degree and character of grandeur , which I have seldom found equalled in any other composition . The idea of it was probably taken from these fine lines of Virgil in the second Georgic , in describing the effects of spring : Non alios ...
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... degree of candour . What is , to them , only an accurate representation of nature , is , to him , a beautiful exertion of genius , and a perfect display of art . The difficulties which occur to his mind in the design and execution of ...
... degree of candour . What is , to them , only an accurate representation of nature , is , to him , a beautiful exertion of genius , and a perfect display of art . The difficulties which occur to his mind in the design and execution of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 119 - 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 fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Página 89 - The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees, the linnet's lay of love, And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 89 - 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 39 - The sober herd that lowed 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 bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Página 43 - Ocean itself no longer can resist The binding fury; but, in all its rage Of tempest, taken by the boundless frost, Is many a fathom to the bottom chained, And bid to roar no more...
Página 46 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Página 39 - 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...
Página 118 - 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. 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...
Página 119 - The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Página 410 - We are disgusted with that clamorous grief, which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears, and importunate lamentations. But we reverence that reserved, that silent and majestic sorrow, which discovers itself only in the swelling of the eyes, in the quivering of the lips and cheeks, and in the distant, but affecting, coldness of the whole behaviour. It imposes the like silence upon us.