 OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its...  The Spectator ... - Side 711803Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 458 sider
...only open any page of Mr Addison, to see quite a different order in the construction of sentences. " Our sight is the most perfect and " most delightful...enjoyments. " The sense of feeling can, indeed, give us a no" tion of extension, shape, and all other ideas " that enter at the eye, except colours ; but, at... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 sider
...this, the following sentence of Mr. Addison may be given. " It fills the mind," speaking of sight, " with " the largest variety of ideas ; converses with...being tired or " satiated with its proper enjoyments." Here every reader must be sensible of a beauty, both in the just division of the members and pauses,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 320 sider
...between perfect and delightful there is no I contrast, such a repetition is unnecessary. He proceeds: "it fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas,...distance, and continues the longest in action, without beiDgtiredorsatiatedwithitsproperenjoyments." . This sentence is remarkably harmonious, and well constrncted.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 sider
...It would have had no other effect, but to add a word unnecessarily to the sentence. He proceeds : " It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas,...greatest distance, and continues the longest in action, withoiu being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments." This sentence deserves attention, as remarkably... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 314 sider
...inversions. The following is an example of natural construction : " Our sight is the most perfect, and the most delightful, of all our senses. It fills the mind...converses with its objects at the greatest distance, end continues the longest in action, without being tired, or satiated with its proper enjoyments. The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 278 sider
...done to the language, thoueh there are manv inversions. '• Our sight is the most perfect, and the most delightful, of all our senses. It fills the mind...greatest distance, and continues the longest in action, w ithout being tired, or satiated uith its proper enjoyments. The sense of feeling can, mdeed, give... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 sider
...there are many inversions. Strength.) PERSPICUITY, gfc. 233 "Our sight is the most perfect, and the most delightful, of all our senses. It fills the mind...converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and con tinues the longest in action, without being tired, or satiated with its proper enjoyment?. The... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 sider
...more, so distinguishing the chief words, by the Italic character, as to exhibit the true pronunciation. Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful...senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of idioi ; converses •with its objects at the greatest distance ; and continues the longest in action,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 sider
...diminishes, to the close. EXAMPLE. OUR SIGHT IS THE MOST PERFECT, AND MOST DELIGHTFUL, or ALL OUR SEHSES. IT FILLS THE MIND WITH THE LARGEST VARIETY OF IDEAS,...CONVERSES WITH ITS OBJECTS AT THE GREATEST DISTANCE, AND coJSTINCES THE LONGEST in ACTI01J WITHOUT BEING TIRED OR SATIATED WITH ITS PROPER ENJOYMENTS. THE SENSE... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 sider
...after these elevated words, into an undulating tone, on the following syllables, — thus ; Our siglit is the MOST perfect, and MOST delightful of all our senses. It fills the luind with the largest VARIETY of ideas, converses with its objects at the GREATEST distance, and continues... | |
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