 Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling...  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship: A Novel - Page 137by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...selfconceit, stupidity, or hypochondria, that renders him unpliant and unguidable. A good Daily Memorandum. Men are so inclined to content themselves with what...the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impression of the beautiful and the perfect ; that every one should study to nourish in his mind the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 416 pages
...little, even down to the least, all depends upon the conception. (Goethe.) Influence of Beauty. — Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest, the spirit and the sense so easily grow dead to the impression of the beautiful and the perfect, that every one should... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1834 - 408 pages
...little, even down to the least, all depends upon the conception. (Goethe.) Influence of Beauty. — Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest, the spirit and the sense so easily grow dead to the impression of the beautiful and the perfect, that every one should... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - 538 pages
...be ; if I return no more, You may conclude death has prevented me. " The Bride. INFLUENCE OF BEAUTY. MEN are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest, the spirit and the sense so easily grow dead to the impression of the beautiful and the perfect, that every one should... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840 - 350 pages
...could, to enjoy this pleasure, which cannot be compared with any other. He held a concert once a-week ; and now, with Mignon, the Harper, and Laertes, who...beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to... | |
 | 432 pages
...parlour of our peaceful cottage. PCRSOB BEAUTY. Men are so inclined to content themselves with what w commonest, the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the heautiful and the perfect, that every one should study hy all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1851 - 508 pages
...often even mirthful singing. By means of a similar gift, the Harper likewise had acquired his favor. Without himself possessing genius for music, or playing...beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...stern and more than Spartan simplicity of life, and elevation of purpose. It lives too fa"st. Thoreau. Men are so inclined to content themselves with what...beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 348 pages
...could, to enjoy this pleasure, which cannot be compared with any other. He held a concert once a-week ; and now, with Mignon, the Harper and Laertes, who...beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1864 - 352 pages
...could, to enjoy this pleasure, which cannot be compared with any other. He held a concert once a-week ; and now, with Mignon, the Harper and Laertes, who...beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. For no man can bear to... | |
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