 inquiring into the particular causes and occasions of it. A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Strana 107podľa Alexander Chalmers - 1802Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | British essayists - 1823 - Počet stránok 806
...how, with the symmetry of any thing we see, and immediately assent to the beauty of an object, without inquiring into the particular causes and occasions...great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable (if receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - Počet stránok 468
...immediately " acknowledge the beauty of an object, without " inquiring into the cause of that beauty." " A man of a polite imagination is let into a " great...pleasures that the vulgar are not " capable of receiving." 4 Polite is a term more commonly applied to manners or behaviour, than to the mind or imagination.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - Počet stránok 320
...particular and occasions are superfluous words; and the pronoun it is in some measure ambiguous. " A man of a polite imagination is let into a great...pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving." The term polite is oftener applied to manners, than to the imagination. The use of that instead of... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - Počet stránok 380
...how, with the symmetry of any thing we see, and immediately assent to the beauty of an object, without inquiring into the particular causes and occasions of it. A man of polite imagination is let into a great many ‘pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving.... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - Počet stránok 380
...how, with the symmetry of any thing we see, and immediately assent to the beauty of an object, without inquiring into the particular causes and occasions of it. A man of polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving.... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - Počet stránok 668
...memories, or formed into agreeable visions of things that are either absent or fictitious. A man of polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures...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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1826 - Počet stránok 514
...how, with the symmetry of any thing we see, and immediately assent to the beauty of an object, without inquiring into the particular causes and occasions...pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving." Polite is a term more commonly applied to manners or behaviour, than to the mind or imagination. There... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - Počet stránok 398
...^l-sssj&axe,, nothing is seen that does not become and inquiry. A person under the influence of this principle can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...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... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1828 - Počet stránok 368
...nature, 'thing is seen tha does not become wi and'inquiry. A person under the influence of this principle can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...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... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1828 - Počet stránok 362
...(I/a dees not become vv\\ oV»\«,vA. %st and inquiry. A person under the influence of this principle can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...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... | |
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