| Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 Seiten
...irritable feeling, the impression of awe and fear has been so great as to cause pain rather than pleasure ; hence, perhaps, have originated descriptions of the...which represent them as deformed and gloomy masses, without taste or beauty. Persons who have derived no satisfaction from the contemplation of these marvellous... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 Seiten
...irritable feeling, this impression of awe and fear has been so great as to cause pain rather than pleasure; hence, perhaps, have originated descriptions of the...which represent them as deformed and gloomy masses, without taste or beauty. 4. Persons who have derived no satisfaction from the contemplation of them,... | |
| Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 Seiten
...irritable feeling, the impression of awe and fear has been so great as to cause pain rather than pleasure; hence, perhaps, have originated descriptions of the...which represent them as deformed and gloomy masses, without taste or beauty. Persons who have derived no satisfaction from the contemplation of them, may... | |
| Marshman William Hazen - 1896 - 536 Seiten
...irritable feeling, this impression of awe and fear has been so great as to cause pain rather than pleasure; hence, perhaps, have originated descriptions of •the...which represent them as deformed and gloomy masses, without taste or beauty. Persons who have derived no satisfaction from the contemplation of them, may... | |
| 1902 - 532 Seiten
...irritable feeling, this impression of awe and fear has been so great as to cause pain rather than pleasure; hence, perhaps, have originated descriptions of the...which represent them as deformed and gloomy masses, without taste or beauty. Persons who have derived no satisfaction from the contemplation of them, may... | |
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