 Then, in a mysterious way, he would confess that he once thought differently. In his idle and dreamy days he had considered it possible, in a certain sense, to spiritualize machinery, and to combine with the new species of life and motion thus produced...  Mosses from an Old Manse...: In Two Parts - Pagina 182door Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 - 472 pagina’s
...ho would confess that he onco thought differently. In his idle and dreamy days ho had consi. dered it possible, in a certain sense, to spiritualize machinery...design itself. " I have thrown it all aside now," ho would say. " It was a dream, such as young men arc always mystifying themselves with. Now that I... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1882 - 572 pagina’s
...than it had ever before worn. His thin cheeks became round ; his delicate little hand, so spirituaUy fashioned to achieve fairy task-work, grew plumper...seemed, however, to retain no very distinct perception cither of the process of achieving this object or of the design itself. " I have thrown it all aside... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1882 - 580 pagina’s
...the angel of his life had been snatched away and I given to a rude man of earth and iron, who could I neither need nor appreciate her ministrations, —...itself. "I have thrown it all aside now," he would say. 44 It was a dream such as young men are always mystifying themselves with. Now that I have acquired... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hawthorne - 1882 - 574 pagina’s
...than it had ever before worn. His thin cheeks became round ; his delicate little hand, BO BpirituaUy fashioned to achieve fairy task-work, grew plumper...herself in all her creatures, but has never taken pairs to realize. He seemed, however, to retain no very distinct perception either of the process of... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884 - 304 pagina’s
...out of him, leaving the lx)dy to flourish in a sort of vegetable existence. Not that Owen AYarland was idiotic. He could talk, and not irrationally....herself in all her creatures, but has never taken \>;iins to realize. He seemed, however, to retain no rery distinct perception either of the process... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1882 - 566 pagina’s
..." But all these accounts," said Owen Warland, " I ! arn now satisfied are mere impositions." CThen, in a mysterious way, he would confess that he once...proposed to herself in all her creatures, but has never. jtaben. paii»& to realize. He seemed, however, to retain no Very distinct perception either of the... | |
 | 1882 - 580 pagina’s
...differently. In his idle and dreamy days he had considered it possible, in a certain sense, to piritualize machinery, and to combine with the new species of...pains to realize. He seemed, however, to retain no V THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL. 525 very distinct perception either of the process of achieving this... | |
 | Langdon Winner - 1978 - 400 pagina’s
...fabrication. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Artist of the Beautiful," for example, an inventor, Owen Warland, "considered it possible, in a certain sense, to spiritualize...creatures, but has never taken pains to realize."-" His friends, of course, scoff at his dream, but one day Warland presents them with his masterwork,... | |
 | Darrel Abel - 1988 - 348 pagina’s
...which they took for her." (CE 5:230) The proper intention of the artist, Hawthorne thought, is "to attain to the ideal which Nature has proposed to herself...creatures, but has never taken pains to realize." (CE 10:466) He thought that any endeavor that aims at distorting rather than attaining to Nature's... | |
 | Howard Bruce Franklin - 1995 - 412 pagina’s
...angel into ordinary woman, — the disappointment might have driven him back, with concentrated 52 energy, upon his sole remaining object. On the other...realize. He seemed, however, to retain no very distinct per53 ception either of the process of achieving this object or of the design itself. "I have thrown... | |
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