What," it will be questioned, " when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying — ' Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty... Macmillan's Magazine - Page 231865Full view - About this book
| Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...questioned, " when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? " O no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...not my corporeal eye, any more than I would question ia window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' Blake was an idealist, but was also... | |
| Alexander Gilchrist - 1863 - 460 pages
...be questioned, " when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea ? " Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it. BLAKE. — A Vision of the Last Judgment. PREFACE. ONE short word of sorrowful... | |
| 1865 - 538 pages
...when the sun rises do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea 1 " he supposes some one to ask, and he answers, " Oh ! no, no ! I see...attention, Blake was, after all, not a mere visionary, laut had a sharp, observing eye for external nature, and understood perfectly that no one can draw... | |
| English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...will be questioned, when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea f Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' These passages appear to us conclusive as to Blake's real view of his art. Translated... | |
| English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...will be questioned, when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' These passages appear to us conclusive as to Blake's real view of his art. Translated... | |
| Anonymous - History - 1865 - 602 pages
...-will bo questioned- ichen the sun rises, do you not sec a round disc of fire, Kmeehai like a guinea '? Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the...my corporeal eye, any more than I would question a sindow concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' These passages appear to us conclusive... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1867 - 284 pages
...be questioned, mken, tlie sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somemJiat like a guinea? 0 no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." THE Princess d'Aspramonte sat for her portrait. She was not what is commonly... | |
| Theology - 1870 - 588 pages
...questioned ; ' when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea?' Oh! no, nol I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host,...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." These quotations from William Blake's Viaion of the Last Judgment touch the key-note... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1873 - 780 pages
...questioned : ' when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." Another principle upon which he strongly insisted was, that the study arid imitation... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1875 - 472 pages
...will be questioned, 'when the sun rises, do you not see a disk of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' * O no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' " There are passages in modern poetry that seem to forebode the approaching harmony... | |
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