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Page xix
... fancy into the king- dom of nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the regions of fancy , lying beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at seeing the extraordinary , the wonderful , and the unheard of ...
... fancy into the king- dom of nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the regions of fancy , lying beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at seeing the extraordinary , the wonderful , and the unheard of ...
Page xxiii
... fancy , the rainbow hues of things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers " : he ...
... fancy , the rainbow hues of things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers " : he ...
Page xxiv
... fancy , under the influence of passion . It is the province of the didactic reasoner to take cognizance of those results of human nature which are constantly repeated and always the same , which follow one another in regular succession ...
... fancy , under the influence of passion . It is the province of the didactic reasoner to take cognizance of those results of human nature which are constantly repeated and always the same , which follow one another in regular succession ...
Page xxv
... fancy lent words and images to the most refined sensibility to nature , struggling for expression : his descriptions are identical with the things themselves , seen through the fine medium of passion strip them of that connection , and ...
... fancy lent words and images to the most refined sensibility to nature , struggling for expression : his descriptions are identical with the things themselves , seen through the fine medium of passion strip them of that connection , and ...
Page 6
... fancy , -as that well - known passage beginning , " Me of my lawful pleasure she re- strained , and prayed me oft forbearance , " sets a keener edge upon it by the inimitable picture of modesty and self - denial . The character of ...
... fancy , -as that well - known passage beginning , " Me of my lawful pleasure she re- strained , and prayed me oft forbearance , " sets a keener edge upon it by the inimitable picture of modesty and self - denial . The character of ...
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