 | 1778 - 342 էջ
...thefe ftnpendous works of nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or tografpatany thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleafing aftonimment at fuch unbounded views, and teel a delightful iliilacfs and amazement in the... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 էջ
...of thefe fhipendous works of nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grafp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleafing aftonifhment at fuch unbounded views, and feel a delightful ftillnefs and amazement in the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1793 - 518 էջ
...them, a rude magnificence appears. " Our imagination loves to be filled with an ob*' jeft, or to grafp at any thing that is too big for " its capacity. We are flung into a pleafing afto" nifhment at fuch unbounded views ; and feel a " delightful ftillnefs and amazement in... | |
 | 1803 - 376 էջ
...hut with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works of nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object,...delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehensions ot them. 1 he mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon... | |
 | 1803 - 420 էջ
...but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears iu many of these stupendous works of nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is loo big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 էջ
...but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works pf nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object,...amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them. The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon it, and is apt to fancy itself... | |
 | 1804 - 412 էջ
...but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works of nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object,...delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehensions of them. The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 էջ
...of them,, a rude magnificence appears. " Our smagination loves to be filled wrth an object, or tor " grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity....; " and feel a delightful stillness and amazement ia the soul, at " the apprehension of them." 1 The language here is elegant, and several of the expressions... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 344 էջ
...but with that rude kind of magnificence which appears in many of these stupendous works of Nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object,...views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in tha soul at the apprehensions of them. The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 362 էջ
...but with that rude kind of magnificence, which appears in many of these stupendous works x>f Nature. Our imagination loves to be filled with an object,...delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehensions of them. The mind of man naturally hates everything that looks like a restraint upon... | |
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Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension... 
