 | John Seely Hart - 1891 - 412 էջ
...that you are speaking about, why not speak also of the color, or the weight ? The proper order is, " By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object onty, but the largeness of a whole view." In the sentence as thus arranged. " only " carries the mind... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 էջ
...that he did something besides meaning. The ambiguity may be removed by the following arrangement : " By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, but the largeness of a whole view." In common conversation, the tone and emphasis which we use in pronouncing... | |
 | Paul Heyne - 1922 - 208 էջ
...Doppelsinn verschwindet sofort, wenn das Wort "only" sinnentsprechend gestellt wird, und zwar wie folgt: "By greatness I do not mean the bulk of any single object only but the largeness of a whole view." Setzte man "only" hfnter das Hauptwort "bulk", so wäre es immer... | |
 | Robert Gish - 1996 - 236 էջ
..."The Pleasures of the Imagination," explains the aesthetic of responding to sublimity in landscape: By greatness I do not mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece. Such are the prospects of an open... | |
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By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only." For then, when it is asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of a single object ? the answer conies out precisely as the author intends, " the largeness of a whole view. 
