They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade, — the coolness of a meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion there is sentiment ; and, even in what purport... American Literature - Page 307by Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1851 - 588 pages
...vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers iliat blossomed in too retired a shade — the coolness of a meditative habit, wliich diffuses itself through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion, there... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 pages
...flowers that have blossomed in too retired a shade — marked by the coolness of a meditative hnbit, nd the host painters have seized, with the same instinct, upon golden tresses. A walk through he observes, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory,... | |
| 1860 - 528 pages
...Tales should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired...habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observati&n of every sketch.. Instead of passion there is sentiment ; and, even in what purport to... | |
| 1865 - 594 pages
...perfect yet written : "They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shndt — the coolness of a meditative habit which diffuses...dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to IK; taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. * * The book, if you would see anything in it, requires... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1865 - 464 pages
...TALES should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired...passion, there is sentiment; and, even in what purport to bo pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh... | |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 560 pages
...he had to make in the wilderness of unrecognition. ' They [the tales] have the pale tint of flowerg that blossomed in too retired a shade — the coolness...through the feeling and observation of every sketch Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect... | |
| 1868 - 978 pages
...gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual, he proceeds : — " They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired...meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling aud observation of every sketch. Instead of p:ission, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport... | |
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