 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - Liczba stron: 482
...which we in modern times attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly in the highest degree correct,...circumstantial in his descriptions of nature, but his heart has more share in his words than if he were treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armor. Nature... | |
 | 1855 - Liczba stron: 446
...which we in modern times attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly, in the highest degree, correct,...his understanding more than his moral perceptions ; he does not cling to her charms with the fervor and the plaintive passion of the poet of modern times."... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - Liczba stron: 510
...which we in modern times attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly in the highest degree correct,...circumstantial in his descriptions of nature, but his heart has more share in his words than if he were treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armor. Nature... | |
 | 1856 - Liczba stron: 482
...which we in modern times attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly in the highest degree correct,...his understanding more than his moral perceptions ; he does not cling to her charms with the fervor and the plain tive passion of the poet of modern... | |
 | W. Trail - 1863 - Liczba stron: 356
...which we, in modern times, attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly in the highest degree correct,...than if he were treating of a garment, a shield, or suit of armour. Nature seems to interest his understanding more than his moral perceptions." The same... | |
 | W. Trail - 1863 - Liczba stron: 400
...which we, in modern times, attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly, in the highest degree, correct,...but his heart has no more share in his words than if ho were treating of a garment, a shield, or suit of armor. Nature seems to interest his understanding... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1872 - Liczba stron: 542
...to love Nature at all. Schiller has justly observed, in a passage quoted by Dr. Dircks, that " the Greek poet is certainly, in the highest degree, correct,...were treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armour. Nature seems to interest his understanding more than his moral perceptions ; he does not cling... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1880 - Liczba stron: 392
...which we in modern times attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek Poet is certainly in the highest degree correct,...circumstantial in his descriptions of nature, but his heart has more share in his words than if he were treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armor. Nature... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1880 - Liczba stron: 470
...which we, in modern times, attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly, in the highest degree, correct,...were treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armour. Nature seems to interest his understanding more than his moral perceptions; he does not cling... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - Liczba stron: 704
...which we, in modern times, attach ourselves to the individual characteristics of natural scenery. The Greek poet is certainly, in the highest degree, correct,...treating of a garment, a shield, or a suit of armor.' . . The description of nature, in its manifold richness of form, as a distinct branch of poetic literature,... | |
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Nature, which was so faithfully reflected in their poetic works, we cannot fail to remark with surprise how few traces are to be met among them of the sentimental interest with which we, in modern times, attach ourselves to the individual characteristics... 
