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... perhaps , dependent upon the state of our own minds , and vary in their effects with the dispositions in which they happen to be observed . In all cases , while we feel the emotions they excite , we are ignorant of the causes by which ...
... perhaps , dependent upon the state of our own minds , and vary in their effects with the dispositions in which they happen to be observed . In all cases , while we feel the emotions they excite , we are ignorant of the causes by which ...
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... perhaps as generally under- stood in what it consists , or what is the nature of that effect which is produced upon the imagination , by objects of sublimity and beauty . I shall endeavour , therefore , in the first place , to state ...
... perhaps as generally under- stood in what it consists , or what is the nature of that effect which is produced upon the imagination , by objects of sublimity and beauty . I shall endeavour , therefore , in the first place , to state ...
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... perhaps very indifferent in themselves , still continue from this association , and from the variety of conceptions which they kindle in our minds , to be our favourites through life . The scenes which have been distinguished by the ...
... perhaps very indifferent in themselves , still continue from this association , and from the variety of conceptions which they kindle in our minds , to be our favourites through life . The scenes which have been distinguished by the ...
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... perhaps , which so strongly seizes upon the imagination ; and although the emotions this recollection produces , are of a very different kind from those which the mere natural scenery can excite , yet they unite themselves so well with ...
... perhaps , which so strongly seizes upon the imagination ; and although the emotions this recollection produces , are of a very different kind from those which the mere natural scenery can excite , yet they unite themselves so well with ...
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... perhaps " before the island was peopled . The scene , though " it does not prove the fact , yet justifies the supposition , " and it gives credit to the tales of the country people , .66 who , to aggravate its horrors , always point to ...
... perhaps " before the island was peopled . The scene , though " it does not prove the fact , yet justifies the supposition , " and it gives credit to the tales of the country people , .66 who , to aggravate its horrors , always point to ...
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2dly accordingly admiration altogether amid ancholy angular animals appearances apprehend arises artist asso associations attitude or gesture beautiful form beauty of forms beauty or sublimity cause character circumstances colours common composition composition of sounds connexion considered constitution contrary correspondence degree delicacy delight dispositions distinguished effect emotion of beauty emotions of sublimity emotions of taste entablature excite experience expres expression of design feel felt as beautiful gaiety grace greater human countenance human form human voice ideas illustrations imagination imitation instance kind language mankind manner melancholy motion musical composition nature objects observation obvious opinion ornament painful particular passions peculiar perceive perhaps permanent pleasing or interesting pleasure principle propriety qualities of mind reader regard relation scene scenery seems sense sensibility sentiment of beauty significant signs similar sion sounds species sublimity and beauty sublimity or beauty sufficient tion tone trains of thought Virgil
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Page 125 - 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...
Page 93 - 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.
Page 93 - 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.
Page 124 - 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.
Page 106 - ... aller et dériver lentement au gré de l'eau , quelquefois pendant plusieurs heures, plongé dans mille rêveries confuses, mais délicieuses, et qui, sans avoir aucun objet bien déterminé ni constant, ne laissaient pas d'être à mon gré cent fois préférables à tout ce que j'avais trouvé de plus doux dans ce qu'on appelle les plaisirs de la vie.
Page 47 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Page 107 - Le flux et le reflux de cette eau, son bruit continu, mais renflé par intervalles, frappant sans relâche mon oreille et mes yeux, suppléaient aux mouvements internes que la rêverie éteignait en moi, et suffisaient pour me faire sentir avec plaisir mon existence, sans prendre la peine de penser.
Page 45 - 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...
Page 40 - ... 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.
Page 40 - Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed with careless steps and slow The mingling notes came softened from below. The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, 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...