 | John Frost - 1845 - Počet stránok 458
...ought hy no means to lay the emphasis upon them. EXAMPLE. 3. A man of a polite imagination is led into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving ; he can converse with ^picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. In this sentence an emphasis on the word picture... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - Počet stránok 334
...the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, and Poverty's unconquerable bar! 4. A man of cultinntr.il mind, can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. 5. Little men— triumph over the errors of great ones, as an owl—rejoices at an eclipse of the sun.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - Počet stránok 456
...words ; and the pronoun it is in some measure ambiguous. " A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving." The term polite is oftener applied to manners, than to the imagination. The use of tJial instead of... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - Počet stránok 454
...words ; and the pronoun it is in some measure ambiguous. " A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1849 - Počet stránok 650
...which the vulgar are not capable of receiving, is much better than pleasures that the vulgar, 4.c. ' He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another ,ioes in the possession. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property in every thing he sees ; and makes... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - Počet stránok 524
...is absent from beautiful scenes, but even in a dungeon.'} A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable...picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. [That is, he can converse even with a picture, and find an agreeable companion even in a statue, which... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - Počet stránok 292
...public, as Caesar had done. 190. A man of polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures, which the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse...picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. 191. When we place an emphasis on the word "picture," we find it is not only an advantage to the thought,... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 382
...ami give the derivation of the words in italics : — 6 25 A man of polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures, that the vulgar are not capable...an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with asecret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - Počet stránok 442
...is absent from beautiful scenes, but even in a dungeon.] A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable...picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. [That is, he can converse even with a picture, and find an agreeable companion even in a statue, which... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - Počet stránok 468
...to avoid repetition, which is preferable to t/ntt, and is undoubtedly so in the present instance. " He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...He meets with a secret refreshment in a description j and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in... | |
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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 with a secret refreshment in a description, and often... 
