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Page 33
One professed commentator has made it his principal object to teach some
favourite system of metaphysics ; another , to make what are termed practical
observations , or in other words to preach a sermon on paper ; a third has spent
his ...
One professed commentator has made it his principal object to teach some
favourite system of metaphysics ; another , to make what are termed practical
observations , or in other words to preach a sermon on paper ; a third has spent
his ...
Page 47
... they looked forth from the firmament in their beauty , and witness the frequent
rush of the cataract from the mountains , without an excitement of their feelings .
Their sensibilities could not sleep amid such scenes and objects to arouse them .
... they looked forth from the firmament in their beauty , and witness the frequent
rush of the cataract from the mountains , without an excitement of their feelings .
Their sensibilities could not sleep amid such scenes and objects to arouse them .
Page 49
The principal characteristic of the mystical allegory is , that the imagery is all
taken from several objects and their ... To this three - fold division we see no
particular reason to object ; the parable is certainly a species of allegory ; nor do
we ...
The principal characteristic of the mystical allegory is , that the imagery is all
taken from several objects and their ... To this three - fold division we see no
particular reason to object ; the parable is certainly a species of allegory ; nor do
we ...
Page 50
... things of which a description is given in literal language , are themselves
representatives of other things , on which the eye of the spirit who directed and
presided over the language , was fixed , as the grand object of the literal
description .
... things of which a description is given in literal language , are themselves
representatives of other things , on which the eye of the spirit who directed and
presided over the language , was fixed , as the grand object of the literal
description .
Page 53
In order to gain their object , and make others see what they saw , they would , of
course , be obliged to combine , in their verbal descriptions , all the minutiæ
which the painter would throw into his picture , to give it completeness and ...
In order to gain their object , and make others see what they saw , they would , of
course , be obliged to combine , in their verbal descriptions , all the minutiæ
which the painter would throw into his picture , to give it completeness and ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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