Essays, Descriptive and Moral: On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and FranceArchibald Constable and Company, 1823 - 265 pages |
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... wisdom of a thousand years , " should be perverted from the simplicity of their faith , by a religion which exer- cises the senses rather than the soul , and gratifies the imagination rather than arouses the conscience , and vi PREFACE .
... wisdom of a thousand years , " should be perverted from the simplicity of their faith , by a religion which exer- cises the senses rather than the soul , and gratifies the imagination rather than arouses the conscience , and vi PREFACE .
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On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and France Matthias Bruen. gratifies the imagination rather than arouses the conscience , and meliorates the heart ! Impressed with such ideas , the Author has studied to keep his mind chiefly fix- ed on ...
On Scenes in Italy, Switzerland, and France Matthias Bruen. gratifies the imagination rather than arouses the conscience , and meliorates the heart ! Impressed with such ideas , the Author has studied to keep his mind chiefly fix- ed on ...
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... imagination , than the feathers and wampum of the more active and intelligent savage . But there are proofs of high ancestry in the occupancy of this portion of the Italian people , which invest their territory with an irresistible ...
... imagination , than the feathers and wampum of the more active and intelligent savage . But there are proofs of high ancestry in the occupancy of this portion of the Italian people , which invest their territory with an irresistible ...
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... imagination ; now that household gods and ghosts are driven away , as was the shade of Eurydice , when Orpheus turn- ed to behold her , we are so willing to allow scep- ticism to occupy the place which superstition has left vacant 8 ...
... imagination ; now that household gods and ghosts are driven away , as was the shade of Eurydice , when Orpheus turn- ed to behold her , we are so willing to allow scep- ticism to occupy the place which superstition has left vacant 8 ...
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... imagination , is rich for life . When at the first view of the interior of St. Peter's - for I think we are all disappointed with the exterior , until we examine it closely , —we be- hold the mighty columns , the magnificent sta- tues ...
... imagination , is rich for life . When at the first view of the interior of St. Peter's - for I think we are all disappointed with the exterior , until we examine it closely , —we be- hold the mighty columns , the magnificent sta- tues ...
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Page 24 - And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee...
Page 95 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all areund is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn . Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 233 - Ahi, Costantin, di quanto mal fu matre, Non la tua conversion, ma quella dote Che da te prese il primo ricco patre!
Page 82 - ... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established.
Page 24 - ... and the voice of a millstone shall be heard no more at 23 all in thee; and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
Page 61 - An idolatry of human beings, deified in some unaccountable manner, is made to intervene between the knowledge of the true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
Page 255 - As I looked over this field, now green with growing corn, I could observe spots, where the most desperate carnage had been marked out by the verdure of the wheat. The bodies had been heaped together, and scarcely more than covered. And so enriched is the soil, that in these spots, the grain never ripens; it grows rank and green to the end of the harvest.
Page 24 - ... and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 256 - ... not conceal. These hillocks of superabundant vegetation, as the wind rustled through the corn, seemed the most affecting monuments which nature could devise, and gave a melancholy animation to this plain of death. ' When we attempt to measure the mass of suffering which was here inflicted, and to number the individuals that have fallen, considering that each who suffered was our fellow man, we are overwhelmed with the agonizing calculation, and retire from the field 'which has been the scene...