 | English essays - 1788 - 330 pages
...talents, as in that of great and ftupendous natural objects, there is a fublimity which fills the foul with wonder and delight, which expands it, as it were, beyond its ufual bounds, and which, invefting our nature with extraordinary powers and extraordinary honours,... | |
 | 1788 - 338 pages
...talents, as in that of great and ftupendous natural objects, .there is a fublimity which fills the foul with wonder and delight, which expands it, as it were, beyond its ufual bounds, and which, invefting our nature with extraordinary powers and extraordinary honours,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1794 - 466 pages
...talents, as in that of great and ftupendous natural objects, there is a fublimity which fills the foul with wonder and delight, which expands it, as it were, beyond its ufual bounds, and which, inverting our nature with extraordinary powers and extraordinary honours,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 366 pages
...is something wonderfully pleasing in the contemplation of genius, ofthat supereminent reach ofmind by which some men are distinguished. In the view of...extraordinary honours, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride. This divinity of genius, however, which admiration is fond to worship, is best arrayed in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 356 pages
...susceptible there is something wonderfully pleasing in the contemplation of genius, of that supereminent reach of mind by which some men are distinguished....investing our nature with extraordinary powers, and extraordmary honpurs, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride. This divinity of genius, however,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...susceptible there is something wonderfully pleasing in the contemplation of genius, of that supereminent reach of mind by which some men are distinguished....extraordinary honours, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride. This divinity of genius, however, which admiration is fond to worship, is best arrayed in... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 pages
...of that supereminent reach of mind by which some men are distinguished. Jntheview of highlysuperior talents, as in that of great and stupendous natural...usual bounds, and which, investing our nature with extraodinary powers and extraordinary honours, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride. This... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...of that supereminent reach of mind by which some men are distinguished. Intheview of highlysuperior talents, as in that of great and stupendous natural...usual bounds, and which, investing our nature with extraodinary powers and extraordinary honours, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride. This... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - Scotland - 1857 - 292 pages
...the view of highly superior talents, as in that of great and stupendous objects," says the essayist, "there is a sublimity which fills the soul with wonder...extraordinary honours, interests our curiosity and flatters our pride." I read on with increasing interest. It was evident, from the tone of the introduction,... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 616 pages
...which the writer describes, and my thoughts reverted to my two friends — the dead and the living. "In the view of highly superior talents, as in that of great and stupendous objects," says the essayist, "there is a sublimity which fills the soul with wonder and delight —... | |
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To the feeling and the susceptible there is something wonderfully pleasing in the contemplation of genius, of that supereminent reach of mind by which some men are distinguished. In the view of highly superior talents, as in that of great and stupendous... 
