 Caesar, and Cicero, and Virgil, which is before him. It is the Mistress of the world which he sees, and who seems to him to rise again from her tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have...  Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 37by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1813 - 996 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of Mi maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this great people, open atouct bufore his imagination, and present him with a ll< hi of high and solemn imagery, which can... | |
 | 1812 - 666 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the'studies of his maturer age have acquired, 'with regard to the history of...once before his imagination, and present him with a fiçld of high and solemn imagery, which can never be exhausted. Take from him these associations,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1812 - 444 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this great people, opeti at once before his imagination, and present him with a field of high and solemn imagery, which... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this...from him these associations, conceal from him that 11 a Rome that he sees, and how different would be his emotion." Vol. i. pp. 39 — *2. Although much... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this...he sees, and how different would be his emotion." Alison's Essays on Taste, 4l/i edition, Edin. p. 39—42 of the 1st vol. From these premises it follows,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1815 - 884 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this...that he sees, and how different would be his emotion ! II. The effect which is thus produced, by Associations, in increasing the emotions of sublimity or... | |
 | 1824 - 1008 pages
...tomb, to give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth, or the studies of his maturer age have acquired, with regard to the history of this...exhausted. Take from him these associations, — conceal m мл him that it is Home that he sees, and how clifierem.,would be his emotion !" The influences... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...and give laws to the universe. All that the labours of his youth or the studies of his more mature age have acquired, with regard to the history of this great people, opens at once upon his imagination, and presents him with a field of high and solemn imagery, which... | |
 | 1827 - 574 pages
...her tomb to give laws to the universe. All that the labors of his youth, or the studies of his mature age, have acquired, with regard to the history of...field of high and solemn imagery, which can never he exhausted. Take from him, says Mr. Alison, these associations, conceal from him that it is Rome... | |
 | George Payne - 1828 - 574 pages
...which he sees, and who seems to him to rise again from her tomb, to give laws to the universe." — " Take from him these associations, conceal from him...Rome that he sees, and how different would be his emotions!" I agree with Dr. Brown, that the quality or property, on the presence of which the emotions... | |
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