 I have made him take pleasure in the scenes in which I took pleasure, and entertain sentiments similar to those, of which, even in my early youth, I had repeated experience. The scenery of a mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Pagina 1751807Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1807 - 522 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the fky, thoughtfulnefs and retirement, and fometimes melancholy obje&s and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was...amufements : and as to poetry and mufic, before I vyas ten years old, I could play a' little on the violin, and was as much matter of Homer and Virgil,... | |
 | Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - 1807 - 572 pagina’s
...own feelings, or perceive the tendency of such pursuits and amusements ; and as to poetry and music, before I was ten years old, I could play a little on the violin, and was as much master of Homer and Virgil, as Pope's and Dryden's translations could make... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy ; f and at a time when I was so far * It is curious to remark, how much Dr Beattie was mistataken... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy ; f and at a time when I was so far * It is curious to remark, how much Dr Beattie was mistataken... | |
 | 1821 - 406 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy ; and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand my... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1824 - 462 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy t ; and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy : and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand my... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a schoolboy : and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand my... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a school-boy ; and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 pagina’s
...mountainous country, the ocean, the sky, thoughtfulness and retirement, and sometimes melancholy objects and ideas, had charms in my eyes, even when I was a school-boy ; and at a time when I was so far from being able to express, that I did not understand... | |
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