The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
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... object is to substi- tute the visible for the imaginative , a sensual for an intellec- tual pleasure , and to teach us to read engravings instead of writings . ANSWERS - to the point are more satisfactory to the in- terrogator , but ...
... object is to substi- tute the visible for the imaginative , a sensual for an intellec- tual pleasure , and to teach us to read engravings instead of writings . ANSWERS - to the point are more satisfactory to the in- terrogator , but ...
Page 46
... them the noblest productions of human art ; but such objects have a still more sanctifying effect if we suffer them so raise our thoughts to Him who made the artist , and benevolently endowed him with faculties 46 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
... them the noblest productions of human art ; but such objects have a still more sanctifying effect if we suffer them so raise our thoughts to Him who made the artist , and benevolently endowed him with faculties 46 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
Page 47
... object " the avoiding of diversities of opinions , and the establishing of consent touching true religion , " and their eminent success is attested by the fact that , if we include Ireland , Scotland , and the various dissenters , both ...
... object " the avoiding of diversities of opinions , and the establishing of consent touching true religion , " and their eminent success is attested by the fact that , if we include Ireland , Scotland , and the various dissenters , both ...
Page 62
... object consists in that form and colour most usual among things of that particular sort to which it belongs . He seems to have thought that there was no inherent beauty in any- thing except the juste milieu , the happy mean . " The ...
... object consists in that form and colour most usual among things of that particular sort to which it belongs . He seems to have thought that there was no inherent beauty in any- thing except the juste milieu , the happy mean . " The ...
Page 63
... object than a meander- ing river . " For what purpose , " he was asked , " do you ap- prehend rivers to have been intended ? " — " To feed navigable canals , " was the reply . Dr. Johnson maintained , that there was no beauty without ...
... object than a meander- ing river . " For what purpose , " he was asked , " do you ap- prehend rivers to have been intended ? " — " To feed navigable canals , " was the reply . Dr. Johnson maintained , that there was no beauty without ...
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