The Retrospective Review, Volume 9Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1823 - Books |
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Page 280
... sense . Thus , a man viewing an extensive prospect from the summit of a lofty mountain , is filled with great and sublime emotions - emotions that affect the mind alone ; but place him on the summit of a precipice , the emotion passes ...
... sense . Thus , a man viewing an extensive prospect from the summit of a lofty mountain , is filled with great and sublime emotions - emotions that affect the mind alone ; but place him on the summit of a precipice , the emotion passes ...
Page 281
... sense always harmonize with each other . He had frequently to paint bold and imposing scenes , to describe daring and heroic actions ; and though he had words to convey an image of these scenes , and a minute description of these ...
... sense always harmonize with each other . He had frequently to paint bold and imposing scenes , to describe daring and heroic actions ; and though he had words to convey an image of these scenes , and a minute description of these ...
Page 284
... sense ; for , whenever the sensations produced by sound resemble the sensations produced by things , the sound is always an echo to the sense , which is saying , not that the sound resembles the sense , because this it can never do in ...
... sense ; for , whenever the sensations produced by sound resemble the sensations produced by things , the sound is always an echo to the sense , which is saying , not that the sound resembles the sense , because this it can never do in ...
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