Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... becomes more complex , curious , and altogether artificial , incapable ( except as an accompaniment to dancing ) of being understood or appreciated by any except professors and ama- teurs . In this department , though very imperfectly ...
... becomes more complex , curious , and altogether artificial , incapable ( except as an accompaniment to dancing ) of being understood or appreciated by any except professors and ama- teurs . In this department , though very imperfectly ...
Side 19
... becomes an illusion , but that which enables the mind within itself to form an ideal prototype worthy of the pictured representation . Even when we know that the scenes are from nature , admiration of the pencil that drew them is the ...
... becomes an illusion , but that which enables the mind within itself to form an ideal prototype worthy of the pictured representation . Even when we know that the scenes are from nature , admiration of the pencil that drew them is the ...
Side 24
... become a statue of thought in the mind . This may be principally owing to the paucity of subjects ( I mean as the art is now practised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similarity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether ...
... become a statue of thought in the mind . This may be principally owing to the paucity of subjects ( I mean as the art is now practised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similarity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether ...
Side 43
... becomes manifest . On the contrary , from our hasty , negligent , or imperfect perception of it , truth may sometimes be mistaken for imposture ; but when resolutely , patiently , honestly searched into , it grad- ually grows clearer ...
... becomes manifest . On the contrary , from our hasty , negligent , or imperfect perception of it , truth may sometimes be mistaken for imposture ; but when resolutely , patiently , honestly searched into , it grad- ually grows clearer ...
Side 51
... becomes too potent ; the unconcerned spectator finds himself there in the vicinity , here in the midst , of a miserable every - day town ; while the transported seaman , first on the shore , the moment he leaps from the boat , and ...
... becomes too potent ; the unconcerned spectator finds himself there in the vicinity , here in the midst , of a miserable every - day town ; while the transported seaman , first on the shore , the moment he leaps from the boat , and ...
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