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" The scenes themselves may be little beautiful, but the delight with which we recollect the traces of their lives blends itself insensibly with the emotions*, which the scenery excites ; and the admiration which these recollections afford seems to give... "
The Century of Taste: The Philosophical Odyssey of Taste in the Eighteenth ... - Page 61
by George Dickie - 1996 - 168 pages
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 3-4

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...recollect the traces of theic lives blends itself insensibly with the emotions which the scenery excite« ; and the admiration which these recollections afford...sanctity to the place where they dwelt, and converts every thing into beauty which appears to lure been connected. with them." I. There are similar impressions,...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 3-4

1835 - 916 pages
...wilh the emotion» which the scenery excites ; and the admiration which these recollections afiford seems to give a kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt, and converts every thing into beauty which appears to have beea connected with them." I. 23^25. There are similar...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...enim, nescio quo pacto, locis ipsis, in quibus eorum, quos diligimus, out admiramur adsunt vestigia. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful; but...sanctity to the place where they dwelt, and converts every thing into beauty which appears to have been connected with them." There are similar impressions,—as...
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History of the Philosophy of Mind: Embracing the Opinions of All ..., Volume 3

Robert Blakey - Cognitive science - 1848 - 584 pages
...enim, nescio quo pacto, locis ipsis, in quibus eorum, quos ditigimm out admiramur, adsunt vestigia,. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful ; but...beauty which appears to have been connected with them." Now we think the doctrine of association does not meet the question fairly. It is not equal to the...
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The kaleidoscope of anecdotes and aphorisms, collected by C. Sinclair

Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...been distinguished by the residence of any person, whose memory we admire, produce a similar effect. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful ; but...beauty which appears to have been connected with them. — Alison on Taste, p. 23. When the Empress Catherine received deputies from all the provinces of...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...been distinguished by the residence of any person whose memory we admire, produce a similar effect. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful; but...a kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt, 1 In this he maintains "that all beauty, or, at least, that all the beauty of material objects depends...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...bcen distinguished by the residenee of any person whose memory we admire, produce a similar effect. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful; but the delight with which we recollect the Traces of thcir lives blends itself insensibly with the emotions which the scenery excites ; and the admiration...
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The Modern British Essayists: Jeffrey, Francis. Contributions to the ...

English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...enim, nescio quo pacto, lacia ipsis, in tpnbus corum, quos dihgimvs, out admiramur adsvnl vestigia. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful ; but...sanctity to the place where they dwelt, and converts every thing into beauty which appears to haye been connected with them." There are similar impressions...
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The Modern British Essayists: Jeffrey, Francis. Contributions to the ...

English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...enim, nescio q>io pacto, locis ipsis, in cuiftus eorum. quos diligimus, out admiramur adsani vestigia. c0 `UW"ʐG^ b y ƩDf M 5 E 4 ꧂F\, l P ёf...0M! ( &R0tU , H .\OVAf : K ǡ E$_ {ǧw ' every thing into beauty which ap-pears to ha*e been connected with them." In all the cases we have...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 6

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pages
...enim, nescio quo pacto, locis ipsis, in quibus eorunij quos dihgimvs, out admiramur ad tun t vestigia. The scenes themselves may be little beautiful ; but...lives, blends itself insensibly with the emotions which ihe scenery excites; and the admiration which these recollections afford, seems to give a kind of sanctity...
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