more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads itself over an infinite multitude of bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination... The British Essayists: The Spectator - Strana 107podľa Alexander Chalmers - 1802Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Lindley Murray - 1829 - Počet stránok 718
...his former services;" it should have been, " greatly increased t/ie merit of his former services." "By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy, (which I shall use promiscuously,) I here mean," &c. This passage ought to have had the Word " terms" supplied, which... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - Počet stránok 364
...his former services ;" it should have been, " greatly increased the merit of his forme'r services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," &c. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which would... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - Počet stránok 380
...increased his former services. It should have been,' greatly increased the merit of his former services.' By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously), 1 here mean, &c. This passage ought to have had the word terms supplied, which would... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1831 - Počet stránok 284
...n-ith others. Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a most delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads...comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach tome of the most remote parts of the universe. This sentence is perspicuous, graceful, well arranged,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1832 - Počet stránok 242
...common with others. " Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects', and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads...reach some of the most remote parts of the universe." This sentence, is perspicuous, graceful, well arranged, and highly musical. Its construction is so... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1832 - Počet stránok 234
...his former services ;" it should have heen, " greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously)! here mean," &c. This passage ought to have liad the word "terms" supplied, which would... | |
| Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - Počet stránok 378
...common with, others. ' Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads itself over an infmite number of bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1833 - Počet stránok 654
...simply, its objects. ' Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads...reach some of the most remote parts of the universe.' Here again the author's style returns upon us in all its beauty. This is a sentence distinct, graceful,... | |
| Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - Počet stránok 224
...to have the gift" 1 of speaking much and saying little. IX. Before and after a parenthetic member. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with...that by the pleasures of the imagination or fancy" 1 (which I shall use promiscuously" 1 ) I here mean such, as arise from visible objects. There is a... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - Počet stránok 398
...particular objects. Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that] spreads...bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings within our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. It is this sense which furnishes the... | |
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