 ... more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think: first, that the visible heavens in summer appear far higher, more distant, and (if such a solecism may be excused) more infinite; the clouds,...  Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 421907Full view - About this book
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...paribut) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles: secondly,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1858 - 672 pages
...paribus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think • first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads are in summer more voluminous, more massed, and are accumulated in far grander and more towering piles... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1847 - 270 pages
...paribus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 324 pages
...paribus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...paribus) more aifecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 290 pages
...parilus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think: first, that the visible heavens in summer appear...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles: secondly,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 636 pages
...year. And the reasons are these three, I think: first, that the visible heavens in summer appear l!ir higher, more distant, and (if such a solecism may...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads are in summer more voluminous, more massed, and are accumulated in far grander and more towering piles... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1862 - 454 pages
...paribus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1867 - 140 pages
...paribus) more affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I think : first, that the visible heavens in summer...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated m far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1867 - 142 pages
...affecting in summer than in any other season of the year. And the reasons are these three, I thinkyf first, that the visible heavens in summer appear far...distance of the blue pavilion stretched over our heads, are in summer more voluminous, massed, and accumulated in far grander and more towering piles : secondly,... | |
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