Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volumen1Cummings and Hilliard, 1812 - 434 páginas |
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... eral , is sensible to beauty , in those subjects with regard to which he has not previous ideas . The beauty of a the ory , or of a relic of antiquity , is unintelligible to a peasant . The charms of the country are altogether lost upon ...
... eral , is sensible to beauty , in those subjects with regard to which he has not previous ideas . The beauty of a the ory , or of a relic of antiquity , is unintelligible to a peasant . The charms of the country are altogether lost upon ...
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... eral character , or however much by those who do not experience th ductive , to those who possess them , innocent delight . Nature herself is th most dreadful , as well as her most lo can discover something either to elevate tions , or ...
... eral character , or however much by those who do not experience th ductive , to those who possess them , innocent delight . Nature herself is th most dreadful , as well as her most lo can discover something either to elevate tions , or ...
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... eral a very insignificant and unexpressive sound ; yet sometimes in vaults , and in large cathedrals , a single drop is heard to fall at intervals , from the roof , than which , I know not if there is a single sound more strik- ingly ...
... eral a very insignificant and unexpressive sound ; yet sometimes in vaults , and in large cathedrals , a single drop is heard to fall at intervals , from the roof , than which , I know not if there is a single sound more strik- ingly ...
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Archibald Alison. at particular seasons , because the quality itself is in gen- eral rather the source of complacence than pleasure : we regret the want of it , but we do not much enjoy its pres- ence . On the contrary , the tones ...
Archibald Alison. at particular seasons , because the quality itself is in gen- eral rather the source of complacence than pleasure : we regret the want of it , but we do not much enjoy its pres- ence . On the contrary , the tones ...
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... eral relation , and from which , as we can discover no end , we can derive no pleasure . What thought is to the ar- rangement of words , the key , or the fundamental tone , is to the arrangement of sounds ; and as the one constitutes a ...
... eral relation , and from which , as we can discover no end , we can derive no pleasure . What thought is to the ar- rangement of words , the key , or the fundamental tone , is to the arrangement of sounds ; and as the one constitutes a ...
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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.