A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of TasteSherwood, Jones, & Company, 1823 - 408 страници |
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... discover the beauty and sublimity of the material and intellectual world - partakes , in no inconsiderable degree , of that perplexity and confusion in which its proper objects are as yet enveloped . Hence it follows , that an Inquiry ...
... discover the beauty and sublimity of the material and intellectual world - partakes , in no inconsiderable degree , of that perplexity and confusion in which its proper objects are as yet enveloped . Hence it follows , that an Inquiry ...
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... discover the spirit and tenor of my arguments , as I have never sought to throw an importance over them , by that studied ambiguity of expression which af- fects to dignify style by perplexing the under- standing ; and which always ...
... discover the spirit and tenor of my arguments , as I have never sought to throw an importance over them , by that studied ambiguity of expression which af- fects to dignify style by perplexing the under- standing ; and which always ...
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... discover it , should not deter the labours of others , nor check that spirit of inquiry which seeks to trace the original form and features of things through all the various and diversified aspects in which they present themselves to ...
... discover it , should not deter the labours of others , nor check that spirit of inquiry which seeks to trace the original form and features of things through all the various and diversified aspects in which they present themselves to ...
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... discover more than one cause , and even this a partial one , limited in its influence , and confined in its operations , it is wiser to acknowledge our ignorance , or suspend our opinion , than venture to trace a general effect , or the ...
... discover more than one cause , and even this a partial one , limited in its influence , and confined in its operations , it is wiser to acknowledge our ignorance , or suspend our opinion , than venture to trace a general effect , or the ...
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... discover that an impression is made on the nerves and brain , if no impression was made on the mind ? The mind could not inform us of the matter , if the impression did not reach itself ; and yet we have no means of knowing any thing ...
... discover that an impression is made on the nerves and brain , if no impression was made on the mind ? The mind could not inform us of the matter , if the impression did not reach itself ; and yet we have no means of knowing any thing ...
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Страница 107 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Страница 202 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Страница 330 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Страница i - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...
Страница 56 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Страница 156 - O my soul's joy ! If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas, Olympus-high ; and duck again as low As hell's from heaven ! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy ; for, I fear, My soul hath her content so absolute, That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Страница 141 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Страница 333 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Страница 315 - Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face of nature we no more survey, All glares alike, without distinction gay ; But true expression, like th' unchanging sun, Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon ; It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
Страница 243 - Or seeks his wat'ring in the well-known flood, To quench his thirst, and cool his fiery blood : He swims luxuriant in the liquid plain, And o'er his shoulder flows his waving mane : He neighs, he snorts, he bears his head on high; Before his ample chest the frothy waters fly.