Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland: To which are Added, Translations from the Gaelic, and Letters Connected with Those Formerly Published, 2. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 366 oldal |
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4. oldal
... native poetry nourished superstition by kindling en- thusiasm . The native superstition , in return , enriched poetry with images of unequalled tenderness and sublimity . Poetry conducted the warrior to the field of battle , and from ...
... native poetry nourished superstition by kindling en- thusiasm . The native superstition , in return , enriched poetry with images of unequalled tenderness and sublimity . Poetry conducted the warrior to the field of battle , and from ...
18. oldal
... native district , where every action , with its motive and results is known .. If he steps out of the common rank to exer- cise any faculty which he pre - eminent- ly possesses , or imagines he possesses , whether it be the courage of ...
... native district , where every action , with its motive and results is known .. If he steps out of the common rank to exer- cise any faculty which he pre - eminent- ly possesses , or imagines he possesses , whether it be the courage of ...
35. oldal
... native faculty thus predominates . " When 66 . 1 coming events cast their shadows be- " fore , " it is the smooth and calm surface that arrests and reflects them . It is not the vain , the volatile , the turbulent , or artful who ...
... native faculty thus predominates . " When 66 . 1 coming events cast their shadows be- " fore , " it is the smooth and calm surface that arrests and reflects them . It is not the vain , the volatile , the turbulent , or artful who ...
57. oldal
... native sensibilities of the heart keenly alive , without a forming hand to give them the proper direction , answer to the undefined breathings that thus call forth its impulses , as the æolian harp does to the passing breeze . From such ...
... native sensibilities of the heart keenly alive , without a forming hand to give them the proper direction , answer to the undefined breathings that thus call forth its impulses , as the æolian harp does to the passing breeze . From such ...
92. oldal
... native operations of fancy are checked by the rigid sovereignty of rea- son in its approaches to supremacy . But when speculation wanders without com- pass or pilot on a voyage of discovery in the world of intellect , it is apt to ar ...
... native operations of fancy are checked by the rigid sovereignty of rea- son in its approaches to supremacy . But when speculation wanders without com- pass or pilot on a voyage of discovery in the world of intellect , it is apt to ar ...
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Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland: To Which Are ... Anne MacVicar Grant Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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