 The pleasure which is enjoyed from the contemplation of what we have planned and executed ourselves, is also infinitely greater than the pleasure which can be experienced by seeing the finest works belonging to, and planned by, another. For our own work...  The Art of Living - Page 87by Henry Duhring - 1843 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 392 pages
...grass-plot in his garden, lays, as it has been well observed by Mr. Loudon, a more certain foundation of enjoyment than he who builds a wall, shoots at a mark,...every step ; and every such step has its history, and recals a train of interesting recollections connected with it. The love of the beauty and sublimity... | |
 | 1847 - 394 pages
...belonging to, and planned by, another. For our own work is endeared to us by the difficulties we hare met with and conquered at every step ; and every such step has its history, and recals a train of interesting recollections connected with it. The love of the beauty and sublimity... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 540 pages
...ourselves, to what can be experienced by seeing the finest works belonging to, and planned by, another. Our own work is endeared to us by the difficulties we have met with and conquered at every step : every step has indeed its history, and recalls a train of interesting recollections connected with... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1850 - 540 pages
...ourselves, to what can be experienced by seeing the finest works belonging to, and planned by, another. Our own work is endeared to us by the difficulties we have met with and conquered at every step : every step has indeed its history, and recalls a train of interesting recollections connected with... | |
 | Marjorie Garson, Associate Professor of English Erindale College Marjorie Garson - 2007 - 497 pages
...and memory in a way that endorses the vision of ripe, integrated subjectivity, Loudon declares that 'our own work is endeared to us by the difficulties we have met with and conquered at every step: every step has, indeed, its history, and recalls a train of interesting recollections connected with... | |
 | 1845 - 398 pages
...belonging to, and planned by, another. For our owi» work is endeared to us by the difficulties we hare met with and conquered at every step ; and every such step has its history, and petals a train of interesting recollections connected with it The love at the beauty and sublimity... | |
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