The Lover's Seat: Kathemérina; Or, Common Things in Relation to Beauty, Virtue, and TruthLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 |
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... admire the beauty , and our heart to love the good , and our understanding to discern the depth of common things , of familiar every - day things . To a looker on at least , finding him- self in such a spot , with so great a charm shed ...
... admire the beauty , and our heart to love the good , and our understanding to discern the depth of common things , of familiar every - day things . To a looker on at least , finding him- self in such a spot , with so great a charm shed ...
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... admire only the grand or rarer spectacles of oceans and alps . Akenside seems to encourage them to neglect all familiar prospects , asking , " who that from mid air can sur- vey Nilus or Ganges will turn his gaze to mark 34 [ CH . THE ...
... admire only the grand or rarer spectacles of oceans and alps . Akenside seems to encourage them to neglect all familiar prospects , asking , " who that from mid air can sur- vey Nilus or Ganges will turn his gaze to mark 34 [ CH . THE ...
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... admire , not little springs or shallow rivulets , however clear and delicious , but the Nile , the Danube , and much more than all , the ocean . " Without being desirous of the sublime , this is the principle with many who want only to ...
... admire , not little springs or shallow rivulets , however clear and delicious , but the Nile , the Danube , and much more than all , the ocean . " Without being desirous of the sublime , this is the principle with many who want only to ...
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... admire ; while botanists discern in every hedge some exquisite beauty that escapes the inattentive eye . Wild and common flowers , indeed , which we all love , must suggest themselves at once when we are taking this view of things ; for ...
... admire ; while botanists discern in every hedge some exquisite beauty that escapes the inattentive eye . Wild and common flowers , indeed , which we all love , must suggest themselves at once when we are taking this view of things ; for ...
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... 66 " I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature's sale - work . " But that is seeing a great deal to wonder at and admire . Nature bestows upon mortality a most unblamed , a most harmonious 46 [ CH . THE LOVER'S SEAT .
... 66 " I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of nature's sale - work . " But that is seeing a great deal to wonder at and admire . Nature bestows upon mortality a most unblamed , a most harmonious 46 [ CH . THE LOVER'S SEAT .
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