He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows than another does in the possession. It gives... Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 72by Hugh Blair - 1811 - 838 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1729 - 320 pages
...every thing he fees, and makes the mod rude uncultivated Parts of Nature adminifter to his Pleafures : So that he looks upon the World, as it were in another Light, and difcovers in it a Multitude of Charms, that conceal themfelves from the generality of Mankind, THERE... | |
| 1778 - 342 pages
...thing he fees, and makes the moil rude uncultivated parts of nature adminiller to his pleafures : fo that he looks upon the world, as it were in another light, and difcovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themfdves from the generality of mankind. There... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1784 - 412 pages
...greater fa" tisfaElion in the profpeft of fields and mea~ dows, than another does in the pojfeffion* It gives him, indeed, a kind of property 'in every thing he fees ; and makes the moji fv.de uncultivated parts of nature adminijler to his pleafures : So that... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 328 pages
...thing he. foes ; and makes the mojl rude uncultivated parts of nature admm'ijler to his pieafures : So that he looks upon the world, as it 'were, in another light, and difco'oers in it a multitude of charms that conceal themf.hcs from the generality of manfaJ. This fentence... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him indeed, a kind of property in every thing...his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world, as ii were in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that conceal themselves from the... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and. meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every...conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. . There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every...conceal themselves from the generality of mankind. There are, indeed, but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1805 - 280 pages
...a greater fatisfacJion in the profpecj of fields and meadows, than another does in the poffefftttn. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he fees ; and makes the mojl rude uncultivated farts of nature admintfler /? his pleafure : fo that he... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every...pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were ia another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that con. ceal themselves from the generality... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 344 pages
...a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every...parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that to looks upon the world as it were in another light, and discovers in it a multitude of charms, that... | |
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