Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... true elixir vitæ , a " superfluous glory " added for the sole purpose of producing joy . Enter the garden , and forthwith the eye is charmed with the sight of flowers , the nostrils thrill with the scents floating on the morning air ...
... true elixir vitæ , a " superfluous glory " added for the sole purpose of producing joy . Enter the garden , and forthwith the eye is charmed with the sight of flowers , the nostrils thrill with the scents floating on the morning air ...
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... True , the emotion of the beauti- ful is in one sense sacred and holy ; because it arises from our being brought face to face with perfection , —with objects which bear most deeply impressed upon them the signet - mark of their Maker ...
... True , the emotion of the beauti- ful is in one sense sacred and holy ; because it arises from our being brought face to face with perfection , —with objects which bear most deeply impressed upon them the signet - mark of their Maker ...
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... true . Since , then , our range of vision is thus limited , let us beware of dogmatising as if light were a word of absolute instead of relative significance ; —and although we may not be able to see what Reichenbach's sensi- tives saw ...
... true . Since , then , our range of vision is thus limited , let us beware of dogmatising as if light were a word of absolute instead of relative significance ; —and although we may not be able to see what Reichenbach's sensi- tives saw ...
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... true tones . The experience of dealers in coloured stuffs shows , that when a purchaser has for some time looked at a yellow fabric , and is then shown orange or scarlet stuffs , he takes them to be amaranth - red or crimson ; for his ...
... true tones . The experience of dealers in coloured stuffs shows , that when a purchaser has for some time looked at a yellow fabric , and is then shown orange or scarlet stuffs , he takes them to be amaranth - red or crimson ; for his ...
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... true science of colour - an important task , which has been long impeded by the unfortunate prevalence of the false theory of Beauty , of which Lord Jeffrey was the cleverest expounder . The most elaborate of those inquirers into the ...
... true science of colour - an important task , which has been long impeded by the unfortunate prevalence of the false theory of Beauty , of which Lord Jeffrey was the cleverest expounder . The most elaborate of those inquirers into the ...
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.