The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 30
... objects are more sublime , more interesting to the rational inqui- rer , than n the successive scenes of this great drama ? There is no soul among us so sordid and grovelling that has not an active curiosity in relation to these great ...
... objects are more sublime , more interesting to the rational inqui- rer , than n the successive scenes of this great drama ? There is no soul among us so sordid and grovelling that has not an active curiosity in relation to these great ...
Page 44
... objects which surround him , but without any comprehension of their nature and quali- ties , further than as they affect the sensations of the moment ; he is sel- fish , impetuous , and greedy of enjoyment , and can be under no ...
... objects which surround him , but without any comprehension of their nature and quali- ties , further than as they affect the sensations of the moment ; he is sel- fish , impetuous , and greedy of enjoyment , and can be under no ...
Page 45
... object on seing the representation , or to attempt a resemblance of it in drawing on seeing the object : he also connects with each a certain sign or gest ; these this teacher adopts , and as the number of objects is increased , his ...
... object on seing the representation , or to attempt a resemblance of it in drawing on seeing the object : he also connects with each a certain sign or gest ; these this teacher adopts , and as the number of objects is increased , his ...
Page 46
... object , leads to the memory of other objects not then visible , and to an internal action , which he learned to call reflection ; and that a sim- ple inclination becomes , by a mental operation , desire , and then pas- sion he easily ...
... object , leads to the memory of other objects not then visible , and to an internal action , which he learned to call reflection ; and that a sim- ple inclination becomes , by a mental operation , desire , and then pas- sion he easily ...
Page 50
... object , so natural in the circumstances intended to be commemorated by the monument , is very properly introduced , and is admirably disposed . per- So far from objecting to the practice of representing modern scns in modern attire ...
... object , so natural in the circumstances intended to be commemorated by the monument , is very properly introduced , and is admirably disposed . per- So far from objecting to the practice of representing modern scns in modern attire ...
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