 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
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 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 is excellent, that so many people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason one... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 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 is excellent, that so many people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason one... | |
 | 1927 - 342 pages
...them, and they are going to bring this old world one step nearer heaven." The Cure for Gossip. — "It is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent that so many people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason one... | |
 | Judith K. Major - 1997 - 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 are not used to taste of what is excellent."' 6 The American examples of fine gardening that Downing described in the Treatise's "Historical Notices"... | |
 | 1887 - 170 pages
...realization of Goethe'» ideal in ' ' Wilhelm Meister '' : " It is only because they are not used to taste what is. excellent that the generality of people take...provided 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 be possible, speak... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1842 - 492 pages
...mind the faculty of feeling these things by every thing in his power; for no man can bear to bo wholly deprived of such enjoyment. It is only because they...taste of what is excellent, that the generality of the people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason every day... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1927 - 322 pages
...them, and they are going to bring this old world one step nearer heaven." The Cure for Gossip. — "It is only because they are not used to taste of what is excellent, that so many people take delight in silly and insipid things, provided they be new. For this reason one... | |
 | 1902 - 378 pages
...man can hear to be entirely deprived of such enjoyments. It is only because they are not used to the taste of what is excellent that the. generality of people take delight in silly inspired tilings, provided they be new. For this reason one ought every day at least, to hear a little... | |
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