 | 1837 - 638 pages
...awe; 1 am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...only sensible impression left is, that I am nothing /" A contrast of Shakspeare and Spenser is thus beautifully rendered. " There is this difference, among... | |
 | 1837 - 828 pages
...whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature nnd art, all swell up into eternity, nnd the only sensible impression left, is, ' that I am...religion, while it tended to soften the manners of the North.-m tribes, was at the same time hitrhly congenial to their nature. The Goth* arc free from the... | |
 | William Burge - Church architecture - 1843 - 98 pages
...the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite : earth, and air, and nature, and art, all swell up into eternity, and the...only sensible impression left is, that I am nothing:' • The effect of the colums in the oblong part of the Temple Church, which are much smaller, and more... | |
 | 1847 - 810 pages
...awe ; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...sensible impression left is, that I am nothing."* That character which has called forth such testimonies may well be admitted now among the recognized... | |
 | James Tunstall - Bath (England) - 1847 - 336 pages
...the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth, and air, and nature, and art, all swell up into eternity, and the...only sensible impression left is that I am nothing." In walking alone through the elaborately beautiful aisles of such a building as the Bath Abbey, when... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - Church architecture - 1848 - 478 pages
...with awe; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...only sensible impression left is, that I am nothing." 1 That character which has called forth such testimonies may well be admitted among the recognized... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 494 pages
...awe ; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...their nature. The Goths are free from the stain of hero-worship. Gazing on their rugged mountains, surrounded by impassable forests, accustomed to gloomy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 512 pages
...awe; I am lost to the actualities that surround me. and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...their nature. The Goths are free from the stain of hero-worship. Gazing on their rugged mountains, surrounded by impassable forests, accustomed to gloomy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 502 pages
...awe ; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...the only sensible impression left, is ' that I am noth- ) ing !' This religion, while it tended to soften the manners of the Northern tribes, was at... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 508 pages
...awe ; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite ; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity,...their nature. The Goths are free from the stain of hero-worship. Gazing on their rugged mountains, surrounded by impassable forests, accustomed to gloomy... | |
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... When I enter a Greek Church, my eye is charmed, and my mind elated ; I feel exalted, and proud that I am a man. But the Gothic art is sublime. On entering a cathedral, I am filled with devotion and with awe ; I am lost to the actualities that surround... 
