 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 Seiten
...the White Horse. ESSENCE OF THE PICTURESQUE. THE essence of picturesque character may be denned as a sublimity not inherent in the nature of the thing,...mountain aspect, not belonging to the cottage as such... This sublimity may be either in mere external ruggedness, and other visible character, or it may lie... | |
 | Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society - 1884 - 820 Seiten
...entirely changed ; and yet we may find comfort in this state of things, for, as Ruskin has observed : || " The essence of picturesque character has been already...not inherent in the nature of the thing, but caused * I. Taylor, ' Words and Places' [5], p. 78. t PJ Selby, « History of British Forest Trees,' p. 71.... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 416 Seiten
...should still more authoritatively determine our choice of either. — 1bid., pp. 179, 180. APPENDIX IL THE essence of picturesque character has been already...something external to it ; as the ruggedness of a cottage-roof possesses something of a mountain aspect, not belonging to the cottage as such. And this... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1894 - 394 Seiten
...— Ibid., pp. 179, 180. APPENDIX n. Tin. essence of picturesque character has been already denned to be a sublimity not inherent in the nature of the thing, but caused br something external to it ; as the ruggedness of a cottage-roof possesses fomething of a mountain... | |
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... possesses something of a mountain aspect, not belonging to the cottage as such. And this sublimity may be either in mere external ruggedness, and other visible character, or it may lie deeper, in an expression of sorrow and old age... 