The Philosophy of Nature; Or, The Influence of Scenery on the Mind and Heart, Tom 2J. Murray, 1813 - 340 |
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... Taste , are , therefore , perfectly just ; for , as he observes , unless the imagination be excited , the emotions of beauty or sublimity are unfelt ; hence , whatever increases the powers of that faculty , increases those emotions in ...
... Taste , are , therefore , perfectly just ; for , as he observes , unless the imagination be excited , the emotions of beauty or sublimity are unfelt ; hence , whatever increases the powers of that faculty , increases those emotions in ...
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... taste for the cultivation of philosophy , than upon his talent for oratory , seems not to have felt the truth of an adage , so common in Europe at the present day , " that the master of many man- sions has no home ; " for he had no less ...
... taste for the cultivation of philosophy , than upon his talent for oratory , seems not to have felt the truth of an adage , so common in Europe at the present day , " that the master of many man- sions has no home ; " for he had no less ...
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... taste of its accomplished possessor * .- XXXIX . Diocletian , when he selected a spot for his retirement , took peculiar care , that his palace should command every beauty , which the nature of the country would admit . " The views ...
... taste of its accomplished possessor * .- XXXIX . Diocletian , when he selected a spot for his retirement , took peculiar care , that his palace should command every beauty , which the nature of the country would admit . " The views ...
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... taste ; and how desirous he was of beholding the proud and majestic scenery of Scotland , the following stanza will sufficiently demonstrate.- All hail ye scenes , that o'er my soul prevail ! Ye splendid friths and lakes , which , far ...
... taste ; and how desirous he was of beholding the proud and majestic scenery of Scotland , the following stanza will sufficiently demonstrate.- All hail ye scenes , that o'er my soul prevail ! Ye splendid friths and lakes , which , far ...
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... taste * .- To this spot he was devotedly attached , and even continued to reside there , for some months in the year , after his promotion to the * Note 21 . bishoprick of Chester . - Never was there a better 69 scenery around the lakes ...
... taste * .- To this spot he was devotedly attached , and even continued to reside there , for some months in the year , after his promotion to the * Note 21 . bishoprick of Chester . - Never was there a better 69 scenery around the lakes ...
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