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... distinguished from that of Sublimity . It is of a calmer kind , more gentle and soothing ; does not elevate the mind so much , but produces a pleasing serenity . Sublimity excites a feeling too violent to be lasting ; the pleasure ...
... distinguished from that of Sublimity . It is of a calmer kind , more gentle and soothing ; does not elevate the mind so much , but produces a pleasing serenity . Sublimity excites a feeling too violent to be lasting ; the pleasure ...
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... distinguished by very distant boundaries ; but are capable , in ma- ny instances , of approaching toward each other . Thus a gentle running stream is one of the most beau- tiful objects in nature ; but , as it swells gradually into a ...
... distinguished by very distant boundaries ; but are capable , in ma- ny instances , of approaching toward each other . Thus a gentle running stream is one of the most beau- tiful objects in nature ; but , as it swells gradually into a ...
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... distinguished mildness , so singular and un- heard of clemency , and so uncommon moderation in " " the exercise of supreme power . Here is first pre- sented to us the person who speaks , " It is impossi- ble for me ; " next , what the ...
... distinguished mildness , so singular and un- heard of clemency , and so uncommon moderation in " " the exercise of supreme power . Here is first pre- sented to us the person who speaks , " It is impossi- ble for me ; " next , what the ...
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... distinguished . An alphabet of syllables seems to have been invented previously to an alphabet of let- ters . Such a one is said to be retained at this day in Ethiopia and some countries of India . But at best it must have been ...
... distinguished . An alphabet of syllables seems to have been invented previously to an alphabet of let- ters . Such a one is said to be retained at this day in Ethiopia and some countries of India . But at best it must have been ...
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... distinguished nor treated of in discourse , before names were assigned to their different qualities . STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE ..... ENGLISH TONGUE . OF all the parts of speech , Verbs are by far the most complex and useful . From their ...
... distinguished nor treated of in discourse , before names were assigned to their different qualities . STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE ..... ENGLISH TONGUE . OF all the parts of speech , Verbs are by far the most complex and useful . From their ...
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Page 180 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Page 21 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 68 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming-.
Page 107 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures: so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms that...
Page 66 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Page 21 - He made darkness his secret place; His pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 69 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 19 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Page 23 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 109 - Entertain hopes, mirth rather than joy, variety of delights, rather than surfeit of them ; wonder and admiration, and therefore novelties ; studies that fill the mind with splendid and illustrious objects, as histories, fables, and contemplations of nature.