 On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Such wide...  The Spectator - Page 661767Full view - About this book
 | Karsten Harries - 2001 - 400 pages
...and shortened on every side by the neighborhood of walls and mountains. On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its... | |
 | William John Thomas Mitchell, W. J. T. Mitchell - 2002 - 396 pages
...Joseph Addison in the Spectator as one of the "Pleasures of the Imagination." Addison wrote: "A spacious Horizon is an Image of Liberty, where the Eye has Room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the Immensity of its Views, and to lose it self amidst the Variety of objects that offer themselves to... | |
 | Alexander Tzonis - 2004 - 554 pages
...and shortened on every side by the neighbourhood of walls or mountains. On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity or its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its... | |
 | Paul Guyer - 2005 - 386 pages
...from constraint. But as Addison continues, his account takes a subtle turn: he says that a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that otter themselves to its... | |
 | Stefan Kaufmann - 2005 - 376 pages
...and shortened on every side by the neighbourhood of walls and mountains. On the contrary. a spacious horizon is an image of liberty. where the eye has room to ränge abroad. to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety... | |
 | Jan Godderis - 2006 - 468 pages
...the neighbourhood ofwalls or mountains. On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image ofliberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that 17. Cf. supra. offer... | |
 | T. C. W. Blanning - 2007 - 764 pages
...sort of confinement, when the sight is pent up in a narrow compass ... On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its... | |
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