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... sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious source of sublime ideas seems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force . Hence the grandeur of ...
... sublime . Hence infinite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration , fill the mind with great ideas . The most copious source of sublime ideas seems to be derived from the exertion of great power and force . Hence the grandeur of ...
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... sublime . The de- scriptions given us of appearances of supernatural be- ings , carry some sublimity ; though the conceptior which they afford us be confused and indistinct . Their sublimity arises from the ideas , which they always ...
... sublime . The de- scriptions given us of appearances of supernatural be- ings , carry some sublimity ; though the conceptior which they afford us be confused and indistinct . Their sublimity arises from the ideas , which they always ...
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... sublime . The sublime in natural , and in moral objects , is presented to us in one view , and compared together in the following beautiful passage of Akenside's Plea sures of the Imagination . Look then abroad through nature to the ...
... sublime . The sublime in natural , and in moral objects , is presented to us in one view , and compared together in the following beautiful passage of Akenside's Plea sures of the Imagination . Look then abroad through nature to the ...
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Hugh Blair. deed highly sublime ; nor does grandeur refuse al liance with the idea of danger . But the sublime does not consist wholly in modes of danger and pain . In many grand objects there is not the least coincidence with terror ...
Hugh Blair. deed highly sublime ; nor does grandeur refuse al liance with the idea of danger . But the sublime does not consist wholly in modes of danger and pain . In many grand objects there is not the least coincidence with terror ...
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... sublime ? Mention some of them . Why are descriptions of supernatural beings sublime ? What is said of ideas of the Supreme Being ? Is disorder compatible with the sublime ? What class of sublime objects remains ' ? Of what do they ...
... sublime ? Mention some of them . Why are descriptions of supernatural beings sublime ? What is said of ideas of the Supreme Being ? Is disorder compatible with the sublime ? What class of sublime objects remains ' ? Of what do they ...
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