The Literary Character: Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius, Drawn from Their Own Feelings and ConfessionsJohn Murray, 1818 - 366 páginas |
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... reverie , with a restless- ness of delight , for he is only the being of sensa- tion , and has not yet learnt to think ; then comes that tenderness of spirit , that first shade of thought , colouring every scene , and deepening every ...
... reverie , with a restless- ness of delight , for he is only the being of sensa- tion , and has not yet learnt to think ; then comes that tenderness of spirit , that first shade of thought , colouring every scene , and deepening every ...
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... reverie has been finely described by Boyle : " When the intermission of my stu- dies allowed me leisure for recreation , " says Boyle , " I would very often steal away from all company , and spend four or five hours alone in the fields ...
... reverie has been finely described by Boyle : " When the intermission of my stu- dies allowed me leisure for recreation , " says Boyle , " I would very often steal away from all company , and spend four or five hours alone in the fields ...
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... reverie , a restlessness of temper , are perpetually carrying him out of the processional line of the mere conversationists . He is , like all solitary beings , much too sentient , and pre- pares for defence even at a random touch . His ...
... reverie , a restlessness of temper , are perpetually carrying him out of the processional line of the mere conversationists . He is , like all solitary beings , much too sentient , and pre- pares for defence even at a random touch . His ...
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... reverie ; on his return he declared that he had neither seen nor heard a single occurrence in the public exhi- bition which had passed before him . It has been told of a modern astronomer , that one summer night when he was withdrawing ...
... reverie ; on his return he declared that he had neither seen nor heard a single occurrence in the public exhi- bition which had passed before him . It has been told of a modern astronomer , that one summer night when he was withdrawing ...
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... reverie in- adequately indicates ; metaphysical distinctions but ill describe it , and popular language affords no terms for those faculties and feelings which escape the observation of the multitude who are not affected by the ...
... reverie in- adequately indicates ; metaphysical distinctions but ill describe it , and popular language affords no terms for those faculties and feelings which escape the observation of the multitude who are not affected by the ...
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