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The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind , and not for barren comtemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men even to delight . This love of beauty is Taste .
The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind , and not for barren comtemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men even to delight . This love of beauty is Taste .
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Language Language is a third use which Nature subserves to man . Nature is the vehicle of thought , and in a simple , double , and threefold degree . 1. Words are signs of natural facts . 2. Particular natural facts are symbols of ...
Language Language is a third use which Nature subserves to man . Nature is the vehicle of thought , and in a simple , double , and threefold degree . 1. Words are signs of natural facts . 2. Particular natural facts are symbols of ...
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theory , as if its consequences were burlesque ; as if it affected the stability of nature . It surely does not . God never jests with us , and will not compromise the end of nature by permitting any inconsequence in its procession .
theory , as if its consequences were burlesque ; as if it affected the stability of nature . It surely does not . God never jests with us , and will not compromise the end of nature by permitting any inconsequence in its procession .
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| Title | American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860 Volume 2 of American Literature Survey, Milton R. Stern Viking portable library |
| Editors | Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross |
| Compiled by | Seymour L. Gross |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2007 |
| ISBN | 0670018880, 9780670018888 |
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