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... impressions left upon his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are , at least , to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain , that without possessing the virtuous affections ...
... impressions left upon his mind ; and though these may not always be durable , they are , at least , to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain , that without possessing the virtuous affections ...
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... impression , when we are unable to assign the reason of our being pleased . They sometimes strike , in the same manner , the philosopher and the peasant ; the boy and the man . Hence the faculty by which we relish such beauties , seems ...
... impression , when we are unable to assign the reason of our being pleased . They sometimes strike , in the same manner , the philosopher and the peasant ; the boy and the man . Hence the faculty by which we relish such beauties , seems ...
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... impression : while in others , taste rises to an acute discernment , and a lively enjoyment of the most refined beauties . In general , it may be observed , that in the powers and pleasures of taste , there is a more remarkable ...
... impression : while in others , taste rises to an acute discernment , and a lively enjoyment of the most refined beauties . In general , it may be observed , that in the powers and pleasures of taste , there is a more remarkable ...
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... impression which the powers of taste and imagi- nation are calculated to give of the benignity of our Creator . By endowing us with such powers , he has widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasure of human life ; and those , too , of a ...
... impression which the powers of taste and imagi- nation are calculated to give of the benignity of our Creator . By endowing us with such powers , he has widely enlarged the sphere of the pleasure of human life ; and those , too , of a ...
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... impression of sublimity . It is to be remarked , however , that space ex- tended in length , makes not so strong an impression as height or depth . Though a boundless plain be a grand object , yet a high mountain , to which we look up ...
... impression of sublimity . It is to be remarked , however , that space ex- tended in length , makes not so strong an impression as height or depth . Though a boundless plain be a grand object , yet a high mountain , to which we look up ...
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Page 302 - I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach Light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm...
Page 305 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 305 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Page 32 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 103 - I shall detain you 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 301 - Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art.
Page 170 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.
Page 308 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 125 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 101 - And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens; Virgil, like the same power, in his benevolence, counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation.