 For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments: it is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent, that the generality of people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason...  The Architectural Magazine - Page 351edited by - 1834Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 366 pages
...things by every method in his power. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments: it is only because they are not used to taste of what...insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason, ' ' he would add, " one ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...Memorandum. Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest ; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impression of the beautiful...excellent, that the generality of people take delight in sill; and insipid things, provided they Iť new. For this reason, one ought every day at least to hear... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840 - 350 pages
...the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments: it is only because they are not used to taste of what...insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason," he would add, " one ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,... | |
 | 1842 - 576 pages
...only because they are not used to taste of whut is excellent, that the generality of the people tske delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason every day one ought to see a fine picture, read a good poem, hear a little song, and, if it were possible,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1864 - 1126 pages
...method in his power. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments : it is only became they are not used to taste of what is excellent, that...generality of people take delight in silly and insipid thing*, provided they be new. For this reason, one ought every day at least to hear a little song,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1856 - 268 pages
...mind the faculty of feeling these things, by everything in his power, for no man can bear to be wholly deprived of such enjoyment ; it is only because they...insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason, every day one ought to see a fine picture, read a good poem, hear a little song, and if it were possible,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments ; it is only because they are not used to taste of what...they be new. For this reason one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1864 - 352 pages
...the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments : it is only because they are not used to taste of what...insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason," he would add, " one ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,... | |
 | 1868 - 484 pages
...in his power. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjovments : and it is only bemuse they are not used to taste of what is excellent, that...they be new. For this reason, one ought every day at least to bear a song, read a good poem, see a h'ue picture, and, if it be possible, to speak a few... | |
 | 1869 - 730 pages
...things by every method in his power. For no man can bear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments ; it is only because they are not used to taste of what...take delight in silly and insipid things, provided that they be new. For this reason, one ought every day at least to hear a good song, read a good poem,... | |
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