Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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Page 91
... objects , become thoughtful , and willingly contemplate the incessant changes of this earth's surface . They see , as in one instant , the revo lutions of past ages , the fleeting forms of things , and the decay even of this our globe ...
... objects , become thoughtful , and willingly contemplate the incessant changes of this earth's surface . They see , as in one instant , the revo lutions of past ages , the fleeting forms of things , and the decay even of this our globe ...
Page 92
... objects move the wakeful sense . Mysterious voices are either heard or fancy'd : and various forms of Deity seem to present themselves , and appear more manifest in these sacred silvan scenes ; such as of old gave rise to temples , and ...
... objects move the wakeful sense . Mysterious voices are either heard or fancy'd : and various forms of Deity seem to present themselves , and appear more manifest in these sacred silvan scenes ; such as of old gave rise to temples , and ...
Page 101
... take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn scenes , with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones . By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 101.
... take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn scenes , with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones . By this means I can improve myself with those objects which others consider with OF ENGLISH STYLE , & c . 101.
Page 102
... objects which others consider with terror . When I look upon the tombs of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of ...
... objects which others consider with terror . When I look upon the tombs of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of ...
Page 105
... objects . He can transport the imagination with such beautiful and glorious visions , as cannot possibly enter into our present conceptions , or haunt it with such ghastly spectres and apparitions , as would make us hope for ...
... objects . He can transport the imagination with such beautiful and glorious visions , as cannot possibly enter into our present conceptions , or haunt it with such ghastly spectres and apparitions , as would make us hope for ...
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