 ... us, — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end. A counted number of pulses only is given to us of a variegated, dramatic life. How may we see in them all that is to be seen in them by the finest senses?  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 1751897Full view - About this book
 | 1895 - 722 pages
...eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest ; some mood of passion...insight or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive for us — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself... | |
 | Scotland - 1873 - 790 pages
...eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest ; some mood of passion...insight or intellectual; excitement is irresistibly real and attractive for us — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest ; some mood of passion,...insight, or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive for us — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself... | |
 | sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1878 - 626 pages
...eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest ; some mood of passion,...insight, or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive for us — for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame - Europe - 1878 - 388 pages
...some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest j some mood of passion, or insight, or intellectual excitement, is irresistibly real and attractive for us." And thus, "while all melts under our feet," he goes on, " we may well catch... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - Fiction - 1879 - 360 pages
...says Mr. Pater for instance, ' some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest / some mood of passion...insight or intellectual excitement, is irresistibly real and attractive for us.' And thus, he adds, ' while all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1880 - 278 pages
...Each moment," says Mr. Pater, " some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or sea is choicer than the rest; some mood of passion,...insight, or intellectual excitement, is irresistibly real and attractive for us." And thus, " while all melts under our feet," he goes on, " we may well catch... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - Ethics - 1880 - 196 pages
...for instance, '-K^IBf""' grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or sea is^^mcep'fliacn the rest; some mood of passion or insight or intellectual excitement, is irresistibly real and attractive for us.' And thus, he adds, 'while all melts under our feet, we may well catch at any... | |
 | Walter Pater - Art, Renaissance - 1888 - 284 pages
...is to rouse, to startle it into sharp and eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is...insight or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive for us, —for that moment only. Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself,... | |
 | Walter Pater - 1901 - 364 pages
...rouse, ••to startle it into sharp and eager observation. Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face ; some tone on the hills or the sea is...than the rest ; some mood of passion or insight or 30 intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and at^. tractive for us, — for that moment only.'(... | |
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