 The mind loves to hover on that which is endless, and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man, that makes its liquid path like an iron railway through the sea — I wonder at the sea itself, that vast Leviathan,...  Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy - Page 3by William Hazlitt - 1826 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...confession of a small trespass, establishes an opinion that we are innocent of greater. The Sea. — There is something in being near the sea, like the...The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed" by man, that makes... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...to bid a long farewell to his haunts, and feels that he may mgh at the genius loci with impunity. ' There is something in being near the sea, like the...abstraction! The mind loves to hover on that which is eudlcss and for ever the same ! People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man,... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...model of bold absurdity and sounding nothingness. It is a master-piece of the genuine cockney style. ' There is something in being near the sea, like the...eternity ! It is a new element, a pure abstraction 1 The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and for ever the. same ! People wonder at a steam-boat,... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 868 pages
...an inn. It is here both in place and season, to quote a passage of remarkably fine thought : — " There is something in being near the sea, like the...abstraction. The mind loves to hover on that which is_endless, and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the. invention of man, managed by... | |
 | 1834 - 498 pages
...murmuring sweet as angels' golden lutes, His mercy whispers in thy softer lays.— CHT THE SEA. — There is something in being near the sea like the...The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man, that makes... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 pages
...an inn. It is here both in place and season, to quote a passage of remarkably fine thought : — " There is something in being near the sea, like the...mind loves to hover on that which is endless, and for ever the same. People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention of man, managed by man, that makes... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1848 - 298 pages
...pier head, an extensive platform, raised on piles, and paved with Purbeck stone. Hazlitt has said " there is something in being near the sea like the...The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and ever the same, and the wide expanse that is here visible gratifies this feeling to the uttermost. The... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 574 pages
...source of attraction and convenience to this great and fashionable marini metropolis. Hazlitt has said, "there is something in being near the sea like the...The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and ever the same, and the wide expanse which is here visible gratifies his feeling to the uttermost. The... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 650 pages
...7J£Seet oa gronna reclaimed from the beach, and a seâ wall made of the stones from old гя Bridge. new element, a pure abstraction." The mind loves to hover on that which is endless and ever the same, and the wide expanse which is here visible gratifies this feeling to the uttermost.... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 880 pages
...to an inn. It is here both in place and season, to quote a passage of remarkably fine thought :— " There is something in being near the sea, like the confines of eternity. Jt is a new element, a pure abstraction. Tic mind loves to hover on that which is endless, and for... | |
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