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... kind are the Hypotheses of M. Diderot , who attributes all our Emotions of this kind to the percep- tion of Relation ; of Mr Hume , who resolves them into our Sense of Utility ; of the ve- nerable St Austin , who , with nobler views , a ...
... kind are the Hypotheses of M. Diderot , who attributes all our Emotions of this kind to the percep- tion of Relation ; of Mr Hume , who resolves them into our Sense of Utility ; of the ve- nerable St Austin , who , with nobler views , a ...
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... sensible to the emotions of sublimity or beauty ; and they who have attended to the language of such men , when objects of this kind have been presented to them , must have perceived that the emotion they felt 18 NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS.
... sensible to the emotions of sublimity or beauty ; and they who have attended to the language of such men , when objects of this kind have been presented to them , must have perceived that the emotion they felt 18 NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS.
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... - semblance , and they lead it almost insensi- bly along , in a kind of bewitching reverie , through all its store of pleasing or interest- ing conceptions . To the philosopher , or the man OF SUBLIMITY AND BEAUTY , 21.
... - semblance , and they lead it almost insensi- bly along , in a kind of bewitching reverie , through all its store of pleasing or interest- ing conceptions . To the philosopher , or the man OF SUBLIMITY AND BEAUTY , 21.
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... kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt , and converts every thing into beauty which ap- pears to have been connected with them . There are scenes , undoubtedly , more beau- tiful than Runnymede , yet , to those who re- collect ...
... kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt , and converts every thing into beauty which ap- pears to have been connected with them . There are scenes , undoubtedly , more beau- tiful than Runnymede , yet , to those who re- collect ...
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... kind ? Ode to Suspicion . I know not , however , any instance where the effect of any association is so remark- able in bestowing sublimity on objects , to which it does not naturally belong , as in the following inimitable poem of ...
... kind ? Ode to Suspicion . I know not , however , any instance where the effect of any association is so remark- able in bestowing sublimity on objects , to which it does not naturally belong , as in the following inimitable poem of ...
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Page 203 - 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 fixed sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 45 - The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid 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 whisp'ring 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 143 - 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 166 - ... 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 166 - Quand le soir approchait je descendais des cimes de l'île et j'allais volontiers m'asseoir au bord du lac, sur la grève, dans quelque asile caché ; là le bruit des vagues et l'agitation de l'eau fixant mes sens et chassant de mon âme toute autre agitation la plongeaient dans une rêverie délicieuse où la nuit me surprenait souvent sans que je m'en fusse aperçu.
Page 58 - Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer. Ill wast thou shrouded then, O patient Son of God, yet only stood'st...
Page 201 - 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 167 - 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 202 - And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, Elijah?
Page 4 - When any object, either of sublimity or beauty, is presented to the mind, 1 believe every man is conscious of a train of thought being immediately awakened in his imagination, analogous to the character or expression of the original object.