 | John Walker - 1810 - Страниц: 394
...one of his Spectators, showing the advantages of good taste, says — A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar...picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. Spectator, No. 411. We shall find but few readers lay any considerable stress upon the word picture,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - Страниц: 464
...the vulgar are *' not capable of receiving," is much better than " pleasures that the vulgar," &c. " He can converse with a picture, and find an " agreeable...of " fields and meadows, than another does in the pos" session. It gives him, indeed, a kind of property " in every thing he sees ; and makes the most... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - Страниц: 214
...how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that A man of a refined ima^inntion is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar...receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find au agreeable companion in a statue He meets with a secret refreshnuui in a description, and often feels... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - Страниц: 266
...to avoid repetition, which is preferable' to that, and is undoubtedly so in the present instance. " He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable...refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaciion in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the. possession. It gives... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - Страниц: 300
...necessary to avoid repetition, which is preferable to that, and is undoubtedly so in the present instance. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He mee A secret refreshment in a description ; and often feels a greater satisfactisn in the prospect... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - Страниц: 448
...meaning, we ought by no means to lay the emphasis upon them. EXAMPLE. 3. A man of a polite imagination, is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar...picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. In this sentence an emphasis on the word picture is not only an advantage to the thought, but is in... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1819 - Страниц: 550
...vulgar are not capable of receiving, is much better than pleasures that the vulgar, fyc. \ • . > He can converse with a picture and find an agreeable...meets with a secret refreshment in a description ; and ojten feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - Страниц: 538
...an object, " without inquiring into the cause of that beauty." DD 4> A man of. a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. Polite is a term more commonly applied to manners or behaviour, than to the mind or imagination. There... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - Страниц: 156
...man of polished imagination enjoys many and various pleasures, of which the uneducated are incapable. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He finds secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the. prospect... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - Страниц: 320
...superfluous words, and the pronoun it is in some measure ambiguous, J} man of a polite imagination is led into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. The term polite is ofienr.r applied to manners, than to the imagination. The use of that instead of... | |
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A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture and find an agreeable companion in a statue. 
