Essays on the Nature and Principles of TasteG. & C. & H. Carwill, 1830 - 418 páginas |
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... kind are the hypotheses of M. Diderot , who attributes all our emotions of this kind to the perception of relation ; of Mr. Hume , who resolves them into our sense of utility ; and of the venerable St. Austin , who , with nobler views ...
... kind are the hypotheses of M. Diderot , who attributes all our emotions of this kind to the perception of relation ; of Mr. Hume , who resolves them into our sense of utility ; and of the venerable St. Austin , who , with nobler views ...
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... kind of evidence from what has usually been employed by writers upon these subjects , and that my illustrations will be derived , much less from the compositions of the fine arts , than from the appearances of common nature , and the ...
... kind of evidence from what has usually been employed by writers upon these subjects , and that my illustrations will be derived , much less from the compositions of the fine arts , than from the appearances of common nature , and the ...
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... kind . I. If the mind is in such a state as to prevent this freedom of imagination , the emotion , whether of sublimity or beauty , is un- perceived . As far as the beauties of art or nature affect the external senses , their effect is ...
... kind . I. If the mind is in such a state as to prevent this freedom of imagination , the emotion , whether of sublimity or beauty , is un- perceived . As far as the beauties of art or nature affect the external senses , their effect is ...
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... kind have been presented to them , must have perceived , that the emotion which they felt , tumn accompanied ? How is this illustrated ? With what sentiment is the mind , at this season impressed ; and what cannot be resisted ? In such ...
... kind have been presented to them , must have perceived , that the emotion which they felt , tumn accompanied ? How is this illustrated ? With what sentiment is the mind , at this season impressed ; and what cannot be resisted ? In such ...
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... kind from those which take place when imagination is employed . In the ral character of their understandings , what is observed ? Of what emotions are men of this description little sensible ; and what must they have perceived , who ...
... kind from those which take place when imagination is employed . In the ral character of their understandings , what is observed ? Of what emotions are men of this description little sensible ; and what must they have perceived , who ...
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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 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.
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 - ... responsive as the milkmaid 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 whispering 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 88 - 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 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.
Página ii - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Página 400 - Arm'd with two pointed darts, he leaves his friends, And true Achates on his steps attends. Lo! in the deep recesses of the wood, Before his eyes his goddess mother stood: A huntress in her habit and her mien; Her dress a maid, her air confess'da queen.
Página xiii - I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and rules from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those arts themselves ; or, in other words, the taste is not to conform to the art, but the art to the taste.
Página 46 - Gan thunder, and both ends of Heaven, the clouds From many a horrid rift abortive poured Fierce rain with lightning mixed, water with fire In ruin reconciled : nor slept the winds Within their stony caves, but rushed abroad From the four hinges of the world, and fell On the vexed wilderness, whose tallest pines, Though rooted deep as...