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... Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - עמוד 223מאת Hugh Blair - 1829 - 557 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| 1739 - 332 דפים
...great many Pleafures, that the Vulgar are not capable of re.ceiving. He can conyerfe with a Pidture, and find an agreeable Companion in a Statue. He meets with a fecret Refreihment in a Defcription, and often feels a greater Satisfaction in the Profpeft of Fields... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1784 - 412 דפים
...greater fa" tisfaElion in the profpeft of fields and mea~ dows, than another does in the pojfeffion* It gives him, indeed, a kind of property 'in every thing he fees ; and makes the moji fv.de uncultivated parts of nature adminijler to his pleafures : So that... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1797 - 350 דפים
...description; and often fecls a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows , thaji another docs in the possession. It gives him , indeed , a kind of property in every thing he scfs ; and makes the most rude uncultiwited parts of nature administer to fus pleasures : so that he... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 356 דפים
...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...and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so diat he looks upon the world as it were in another light, and discovers... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 554 דפים
...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...meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and rtften feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the... | |
| 1803 - 420 דפים
...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...and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world as it were in another light, and discovers... | |
| 1803 - 376 דפים
...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...and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world, as ii were in another light, and discovers... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 דפים
...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...and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers... | |
| 1804 - 412 דפים
...polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. lie can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...and makes the most rude uncultivated parts of nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light, and discovers... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 572 דפים
...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...he sees, and makes the most rude uncultivated parts qf nature administer to his pleasures : so that he looks upon the world, as it were, in another light,... | |
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