The Christian Examiner, Volume 73Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1862 - Liberalism (Religion) |
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... taste . A perfect appreciation of nature is as much the result of an acquired taste as is that of art . A natural ear for music is simply a delicately attuned organ for the reception of harmo- nies and modulations which convey meaning ...
... taste . A perfect appreciation of nature is as much the result of an acquired taste as is that of art . A natural ear for music is simply a delicately attuned organ for the reception of harmo- nies and modulations which convey meaning ...
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... taste . When , therefore , a foreign school of art appeals for appreciation , it is indispensa- ble that its character should be properly presented . In one sense art is a universal language . But to entirely comprehend a speaker , the ...
... taste . When , therefore , a foreign school of art appeals for appreciation , it is indispensa- ble that its character should be properly presented . In one sense art is a universal language . But to entirely comprehend a speaker , the ...
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... taste to a treatment of land- scape which is superficial and void of sentiment . We might quote many examples of their want of tender sympathy and comprehension of their themes , of their impatience of study and labor , of their ...
... taste to a treatment of land- scape which is superficial and void of sentiment . We might quote many examples of their want of tender sympathy and comprehension of their themes , of their impatience of study and labor , of their ...
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and Kensett , as tending to uplift the public taste above the prosaic and mechanical , into the region of sentiment and feel- ing . Such men perceive that there is something more valu- able than soulless accuracy of lines or opaque ...
and Kensett , as tending to uplift the public taste above the prosaic and mechanical , into the region of sentiment and feel- ing . Such men perceive that there is something more valu- able than soulless accuracy of lines or opaque ...
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... taste , taste reacts upon art , so that one rises or falls with the other . An elevated , exacting taste is a true friend of art . But it is of slow growth , especially in America , which has no standard of appeal in the past , and must ...
... taste , taste reacts upon art , so that one rises or falls with the other . An elevated , exacting taste is a true friend of art . But it is of slow growth , especially in America , which has no standard of appeal in the past , and must ...
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Page 428 - The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing ; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting ? And for that riches where is my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou...
Page 212 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Page 221 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii : Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 422 - A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion; A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling, Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth; A man in hue, all 'hues' in his controlling, Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
Page 268 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...
Page 431 - Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding .pale streams with heavenly alchemy...
Page 424 - Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate: For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Page 220 - When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friends, Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts ; Dash him to pieces ! . Cas.
Page 221 - And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Page 222 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors