 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 - 570 pages
...is a new element, a pure abstraction! The mind loves to hover on that which is eudlcss and for ever the same ! People wonder at a steam-boat, the invention...path like an iron railway through the sea. I wonder ai the sea itself, that vast Leviathan, rolled round the earth, smiling in ita sleep ! waked into fiiry,... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...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, the invention...liquid path like an iron railway through the sea. / wonder at the sea itself, that vast Leviathan, rolled round the earth, smiling in its sleep ! waked... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...— There is something in being near the sea, like the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure 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 man, that makes... | |
 | 1834 - 498 pages
...— There is something in being near the sea like the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure 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 man, that makes... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 pages
...— " There is something in being near the sea, like the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure 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 man, that makes... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1848 - 298 pages
...said " there is something in being near the sea like the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure abstraction." 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
...said, "there is something in being near the sea like the confines of eternity. It is a 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 his feeling to the uttermost. The... | |
 | 1866 - 215 pages
...said, "there is something in being near the sea like the confines of eternity. It is a 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 his feeling to the uttermost, _The... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - 1870 - 674 pages
...is something in being near the sea, like being on the confines of eternity. It is a new element, a pure abstraction. The mind loves to hover on that...a steamboat, the invention of man, managed by man, propelled by man, that makes its liqnid path like a railway through the sea. I wonder at the sea itself,... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - 1870 - 514 pages
...is something in being naar the sea, like heing on the confines of eternity. It is a now element, a pure abstraction. The mind loves to hover on that which is endless nnd forever the same. People wonder at a steamboat, the invention of man, managed by man, propelled... | |
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