| 单词 | sublimity |
| 例句 | She married soon thereafter, the selfsame man who accused her of sublimity, and gave him merry hell for many years. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling dizzy, but since the capital moment of my life was coming up this dizziness only added to my sense of frightened sublimity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It is on that feeling of sublimity, even greater than one feels when standing atop a mountain and looking at a glorious view, that religions are based. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sublimity of self-sacrifice activating the Cheerleaders overwhelmed him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cars 2” is certainly built to move merchandise — this series may surpass even the “Toy Story” films as an effective advertisement for licensed playthings — but it is notably lacking in soul or sublimity. | 'Cars 2': Tow Truck Takes the Lead on a Second Lap 2011-06-23T12:00:00Z Virginia Woolf described his masterpiece, “Hydriotaphia,” a survey of funerary customs, as “a cathedral where the organ goes plunging and soaring and indulging in vast and elephantine gambols of awful yet grotesque sublimity.” I Can’t Afford These First Editions, but I Buy Them Anyway 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It is unfortunate that the dramatic poet who taught the American theater to lyrically soar is once again being remembered for his dissolute decline rather than for the sublimity of his best writing. 'God Looked Away,' and so should you: Why Al Pacino's play falls so short of expectations 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z “The Turin Horse,” a slow and solemn black-and-white film set in a 19th-century wilderness and inspired by an anecdote involving Friedrich Nietzsche, displays Mr. Tarr’s uncompromising, atavistic commitment to darkness, difficulty and lapidary pictorial sublimity. Movie Review: Bela Tarr?s Final Film, ?The Turin Horse? 2012-02-09T22:58:40Z What other artist in ballet charted sublimity as often and as profoundly as Balanchine? At New York City Ballet, Balancing the Art of Transition 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z "The Turin Horse," a slow and solemn black-and-white film set in a 19th-century wilderness and inspired by an anecdote involving philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, displays Tarr's uncompromising, atavistic commitment to darkness, difficulty and lapidary pictorial sublimity. 'The Turin Horse': Facing the abyss in slow, black-and-white film 2012-04-19T20:22:06Z Though they weren’t Gorey’s overall favorites — for decades, he missed few performances by this company — he acknowledged the look of sublimity they shared in those works. Critic’s Notebook: Three Men Leap Forward at City Ballet 2014-02-11T22:31:39Z Like the text itself, this production is a hotchpotch of silliness, crude humour and sublimity. Doctor Faustus 2010-09-18T23:09:00Z Composed in 1799 and one of the first operatic incarnations of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” “Falstaff” loudly echoes Mozart, although the work lacks both the sublimity and profundity of Mozart’s operas. The Lesser-Known ‘Falstaff,’ in 1980s Clothing 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z "The Color Purple," I'm overjoyed to report, has finally found the freedom it needed to attain sublimity. 'Color Purple' musical on Broadway has a divine, moving spirit 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The whole intolerable spectacle — an ironic, spiritually deflating take on the sublimity of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel — is complemented by booming audio. Perspective | Nam June Paik predicted the Internet, YouTube and Instagram. But he was more interesting as an artist than as a prophet. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z And the shudders of sublimity only grow more intense as Mr. Scott elegantly lays out a series of overlapping conceits. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood’s inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren’t on call this year. The Best Movies of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z A phrenology helmet from the 19th century has a map of parts of the brain having to do with “blandness,” “agreeableness,” “sublimity,” etc. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But after that sublimity came “Young Blood,” one of the most abrasive and quizzical tracks on “The Fall,” with its angsty lyrics about werewolves and ghosts. Music Review | Norah Jones: Norah Jones?s Moody Notes at Madison Square Garden 2010-03-29T04:45:00Z When a sentence jumps all of the rhetorical hurdles that life and our saturated minds place along the way to reach sublimity, I become moved to near tears. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Twombly's Bacchus paintings capture the sublimity of hedonism in swirls that burn into your opened eye. Juiced in time: Bacchus 2010-12-28T09:30:01Z Majestic seems too gaudy a word for the sublimity of “Green Waves” — just call it awesome. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z And yet Beethoven also touches mystical sublimity, as in the final minutes of the last sonata. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Only at the very end did “Socket” approach the sublimity of the music. Dance Review: Ian Spencer Bell Dance in ‘Socket’ at City Center 2012-06-01T21:55:40Z The storybook phantasmagoria of the background art—the spires and turrets of King Zøg’s castle hover atop a bluff and a wondrous waterfall—introduces a sense of sublimity. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z A few moments before the end of the Mozart, the rambunctious mood suddenly shifts for maybe 10 seconds of wistful sublimity. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z And yet if he had been spared fame, the world would have been denied a share of sublimity, and the kingdom of chess would never have found its wayward, dazzling, tragic prince. Movie Review: ?Bobby Fischer Against the World,? Documentary - Review 2011-09-08T23:43:53Z Suffice it to say that the simple, elemental facts of sky, sea and animal life are captured with sweetness and sublimity. Movie Review: ‘Life of Pi,’ Directed by Ang Lee 2012-11-20T17:49:12Z Aside from the Wall Street Journal review, A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times that the movie was “notably lacking in soul or sublimity.” John Lasseter of Pixar Defends ?Cars 2? 2011-10-17T22:17:20Z These works also give us an emotional registry of the feelings — smallness, sublimity, foreboding, tranquillity — that snow evokes. What It Means to Look at Paintings of Snow 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Bellows found sublimity in urban excitements that Dreiser called "gross and cruel". George Bellows: Modern American Life – review 2013-03-17T00:05:47Z That may well have affected these artists, who bring a combination of sublimity and pensiveness, wildness and spontaneity, to scores that span two decades of Beethoven’s career. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z I was struck by the contrast between the sublimity of his music and the vulgar buffoonery of his letters. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z But it is the nobility of the slow movement’s three-note pattern, which expands and contracts as necessary, where Reich reaches a quiet yet climactic sublimity. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z By the hundredth time, you might think the magic would be gone, but “Hallelujah” is one of those rare songs that survives its banalization with at least some of its sublimity intact. ‘Hallelujah’ Review: From Leonard Cohen to Cale to Buckley to Shrek 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The feeling of discovery, of primal wonder at the inhuman sublimity of the mountain, has been compromised. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z But we come to realize that these are deliberate poetic choices — for simplicity and sublimity — as even more references to the Greeks emerge. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Others may write of the sublimity of dining on the Mexican Caribbean at Noma Tulum, but thank you for taking your role as critic with some sense of responsibility and gravity. Why I’m Not Reviewing Noma Mexico 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Herzog may be the master of the wildly ambitious documentary that achieves sublimity by acknowledging its own limits, and as such the exemplary nonfiction filmmaker of the moment. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z Something appears to lurk just below the landscape, ready to erupt into sublimity if given the chance. Pachyderm unbound: ‘The Tusk That Did the Damage,’ by Tania James 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z A collision — and union — of hilarity and sublimity ensues. Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Chockfull with 30 songs, The White Album made for an intentionally unsettling marriage of opposites: beauty and crudity, sublimity and blankness, harmony and cacophony. The Beatles’ new remixed White Album box set is a marvel 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z If “Lightyear” lacks both the sublimity and the giddy inventiveness of the best “Toy Story” movies, that may be by design. ‘Lightyear’ Review: Infinite Buzz 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Instead of appealing to her on bended knee, Andrews has him fall to the ground in an exaggerated pose that undercuts the sublimity of the music. Modern 'Figaro,' timeless 'Turandot' in Sydney 2012-03-11T05:02:10Z It’s also a landscape film, mesmerized by the sublimity of this verdant, rocky stretch of countryside. ‘Il Buco’ Review: Notes From Underground 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The word “ballerina” used to have connotations of sublimity — and still does when applied to many pre-21st-century roles and their interpreters. Of Women, Men and Ballet in the 21st Century 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The upside to the sacred dimension of superhero movies is the occasional attainment of awe, astonishment, sublimity. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z It offers the sense of sublimity that characterizes Calatrava’s best work but that the Oculus, for all its bravura showiness, does not achieve. The Best Part of Calatrava’s Oculus 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “I see in Herrera’s poems the work of an American original — work that takes the sublimity and largess of ‘Leaves of Grass’ and expands upon it,” Dr. Billington said. Juan Felipe Herrera of California to Be Next Poet Laureate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z That masterpiece — pure dance, ceremonious, hierarchical, formal, classicism in excelsis — exemplified the sublimity that Robbins henceforth strove to pursue. Jerome Robbins, Ballet’s Mr. ‘Take It Easy, Baby,’ at 100 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Such dissent is washed away by the sheer sublimity of the astronaut’s achievement as it is shared, via television, by tens of millions of people around the world. Review: ‘First Man’ Takes a Giant Leap for Man, a Smaller Step for Movies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “Likeness” encompasses such sublimities as Donatello’s painted terra-cotta bust of an Italian aristocrat, which shines with aloof sensitivity, and Rodin’s breathtaking translucent “Mask of Hanako II Type E,” which seems the soul incarnate. Real, or Too Real? A Dazzling Show Goes the Way of All Flesh 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z More saliently, perhaps, he was a kind of prophet of sublimity. Harold Bloom, a Prolific Giant and Perhaps the Last of a Kind 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The politics are inseparable from the passions; Oshima dramatizes the conjoined societal pathologies of political and erotic repression while also staging thrillingly choreographed displays of the warriors’ martial artistry, the sublimity of their cruelty. “John Wick: Chapter 2” Is Just a Trailer for Chapter 3 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Creating music of charm, quirk and sublimity with a computer is no more unlikely a notion than making it on a ponderous wooden coffin with ivory keys, felt hammers and taut metal wires. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z They craved sublimity, but they also wanted to be helpful. ‘Fire of Love’ Review: A Volcanic Romance 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The world could use a little uplifting sublimity right now, and this astounding two-artist show delivers. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Five short stories are read by five noteworthy actors in a tribute to the enduring influence of this writer’s work in all its darkness and sublimity, before his death last year at age 67. New & Noteworthy 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z This is far from the ceremony that many of us hear in this sublime music, yet Mr. Morris makes you hear its sublimity in new ways. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z When Maura, from memory, offers the kaddish for a recently departed character, “Transparent” once more reaches a state of sublimity, a feat it somehow accomplishes in just about every episode. Better-than-ever ‘Transparent’ transitions into a study of American Jewish-ness 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s an image that shimmers with the promise of wonder or even sublimity. Review: Dance That Reaches for the Stars, With Help From Technology 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The climactic scenes aim for — and very nearly achieve — the kind of old-fashioned sublimity that packs wonder, terror and slack-jawed admiration into a single sensation. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Lift-off is poetic, the inevitable return to Earth prosaic: Holmes dodges throughout between sublimity and a rueful, comical bathos. Falling Upwards by Richard Holmes – review 2013-04-22T07:00:01Z Here are some tips for helping you achieve sublimity, drawn from my own experience plus inside skinny passed along in lectures, panel discussions, interviews and hallway discussions at Camp Brisket. Keep it simple, be patient, and other tips for raising your brisket game 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z But fate turned the program, set beside the harbor in Lower Manhattan, into enchantment — even sublimity. An Enchanted Evening of Indian Dance Under a Turner Sky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z What he comes up with is something bland and basic, without the brazen, trashy sublimity you find in the work of genuine pop auteurs like Scott, his brother Ridley, James Cameron or Michael Bay. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Review: Will This Stuff Still Fly? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Yet even though the festival didn’t nearly live up to its advance billing, there was a certain sublimity to its ramshackle shortcomings. Roughing It and Rocking It at a Mexico Festival 2010-03-23T21:28:00Z We see their capacity for impersonal sublimity, their animal energies and their politely civilized behaviors, all overlapping peacefully and yet with disconcerting complexity. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater 2014-03-12T21:55:29Z But he also reveals, unintentionally, its distance from authentic grandeur and sublimity. “The Walk” Falls Short of Artistry 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z But the sublimity of Soper’s songful material needs no great explication — just check out her setting of Yeats’s “For Anne Gregory” in “Fragments.” 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Taking up the fussy antiquarianism of the folk revival, he restored strangeness and sublimity to the old songs, even as he made them new. Critic?s Notebook: His Back Pages, Captured on Film 2011-05-17T19:00:20Z "Good Omens" doesn't quite achieve that level of sublimity in these new episodes, alas. After four years, "Good Omens" returns for a jolly if rather hollow romp that falls short of sublime 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Even more than his flowing, fragmentary, allusive methods, it’s his transcendental world view that renders him grandly untimely, that makes critics who are smitten with television’s cynical “darkness” repudiate the cathedral-like sublimity of his vision. “Song to Song”: Terrence Malick’s Romantic Idealism 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The Sugar Plum, assisted by her cavalier, dances in sublimity beyond emotion; her transcendent beauty keeps being renewed by the dance. The Sugar Plum Fairy: An Enigma Wrapped in a Beautiful Dance 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It can be harder, though, to tune out the festival’s natural setting, which frequently upstages the movies on its screens, at least as far as sheer visual sublimity is concerned. Film: Movies, Mountains and High Hopes 2010-09-06T22:55:00Z Its extra tall spaces were full of air, light, white marble and warm wood — elegant sublimity. Roman Architecture, Beyond the Colosseum 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z American landscape photography is dominated by photographers who worked in the West, capturing its large vistas and sublimity, and advertising its economic potential. Review | Before the West, there was the East, and it was wild 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z This novella, written in language that soars and sometimes attains the sublimity of poetry, is another sad tale. EC Osondu's top 10 immigrants' tales 2011-01-26T15:26:49Z Yet from this grief emerges grace, a sublimity that is not universal but achingly particular. Patricia Lockwood’s First Novel Reaches for the Sublime, Online and Off 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The sublimity of the notion is precisely in its audacity—and in the risk of being misunderstood. Max Ophüls’s “From Mayerling to Sarajevo” 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Loud and rowdy comedy and its repetitive antics fuses with quietly transcendent tenderness, a geographical devotion to terrain meets special effects of a simple, irrational sublimity. Bruno Dumont’s Self-Surpassing Inventiveness in “Slack Bay” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z And why Pacific Rim is the most consistently thrilling bit of blockbuster sublimity since Avatar. Pacific Rim: 'thrilling bit of blockbuster sublimity 2013-07-12T13:32:00Z Rossini was capable of tragic sublimity, as you can see from such works of his as "Moses in Egypt" and "William Tell." Review: Seattle Opera's 'Barber' really cuts it 2011-01-17T21:39:14Z In any case, if there was any sublimity left in the house, the encore, Johann Strauss’s playful “Pizzicato Polka,” swept it safely away. Music Review: In Different Hands, an Assortment of Moods 2010-10-04T21:42:00Z Sure, the site encourages a sort of happy sublimity as one watches a video about, say, the laughably false PR face put forward by Walmart. In defense of Upworthy: Why viral uplift might actually be good for us 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z But when Cootie finally leaves the house as a teenager, he falls in love with this world, in all its sublimity and stupidity. The Outsize Genius of ‘I’m a Virgo’ 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z And probably shorter half-lives than the sublimity past generations found in the technologies of their own day. From "holy hype" to AI sentience, tech has a history of inflating its potential 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Greatness, perfection, sublimity: the appropriate vocabulary for a certain kind of cultural experience. Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z That housewife escaping the flood and Isaiah with his finger in a book: How do we go from pointing out these inspiring details to revealing the sublimity of a masterpiece? Review | Seeing the Sistine Chapel’s revolutionary art through new eyes 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The tone of the score, from first note to last, is sustained sublimity. Review: Steve Reich remains as vital as ever with a new composition, recordings, book and more 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z And great art like “Sunday in the Park With George” is a blessing, even in a production that can only brush up against its sublimity. A majestic 'Sunday in the Park With George' revival arrives at Pasadena Playhouse 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z She wrote of her willingness to hold nothing back, to mend past rifts, to focus on moments of beauty and to note the sublimity of a life well lived. What novelist Cai Emmons taught us about how to die 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “Since the landing of the Pilgrims,” a Boston editor exulted, “nothing has occurred on the American Continent equal in grandeur and sublimity to the uprising of the people during the last seven days.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z For Benjamin, the art of democracy is the photograph, endlessly reproducible and replacing romantic sublimity with human information. Raw, brave, wild and honest: why Germany is Europe's greatest artistic nation 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Not all of this works, in the end; “Soul” is seeking such a high plane of sublimity that it’s sometimes forcing Pixar-styled transcendence a little too much. Review: A sunny metaphysical soup in Pixar’s ‘Soul’ 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z What began in banality ended in sublimity as the subject everyone was skirting — death — was finally approached via Bach’s Mass in B Minor and the deep listening of Maryann Plunkett’s performance. Best in theater: In a year to forget, virtuoso performances to remember 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z I became a drama critic to try to capture in prose the fleeting sublimity of the stage. Commentary: Confessions of an MSNBC junkie: How I'm withdrawing from the Trump news cycle 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z As the bird with the air brakes demonstrates, Lowell could rise to sublimity and fall to banality within a single phrase. Clive James: 'The poems I remember are the milestones marking the journey of my life' 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z But even the impact of the sublimity depends on those pesky little reminders that nothing is permanent. In Schubert's last sonata, the trill's the thing 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z We like to exalt the sublimity of the moving image, sacralizing what is too often regarded as a godless, sometimes profane medium. From 'Ten Commandments' to 'Uncut Gems,' here are 12 great movies for Passover and Easter 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z And the sublimity of the theatrical presentation is a cause for joy. Review: Now you live here, now you don't. How 'Home' works its magic at the Broad Stage 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “James, who wrote as well about high culture as he did about popular culture, extended a communal embrace that didn’t relax standards but found ways of recalling sublimity even when pointing out dreck.” Essential Arts: An exclusive backstage view of Matthew Bourne's smash 'Swan Lake' 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z James, who wrote as well about high culture as he did about popular culture, extended a communal embrace that didn’t relax standards but found ways of recalling sublimity even when pointing out dreck. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Her father, Al Hansen, was a prominent member of Fluxus, a community of interdisciplinary artists interested in the sublimity of the creative process. Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z A mezzo-soprano who recently graduated from UCLA, she offered a calmly possessed poet of subdued sublimity, a figure of near saintly grace in the various political, social and church snake pits she is subjected to. Review: First a Netflix series, now an opera, 'Juana.' Why the story of a 17th century nun sings 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z By the end, this lovely, imperfect vision achieves a kind of melancholy sublimity. Review: Mati Diop's 'Atlantics' is a hypnotic weave of romance and ghost story 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z In both quartets, the Calidore approached the kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime seeking. Review: Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Calidore quartet give Beethoven 250 a surprising launch 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But he, nonetheless, offers up plenty of heartfelt intelligence and sublimity with his trio of exquisitely wracked adolescents, for whom awakened desire is as much a minefield as a thrilling new world. Review: French-Canadian ‘Genèse’ stirs the intensity of young love 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z In Chahi’s eyes, this Classical idea of sublimity lies at the heart of Paper Beast. Paper Beast is a VR game that turns big data into a peaceful, ethereal world 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The sublimity of their love scene is gracefully suggested through the orchestra and whispered poetry, rather than intertwining vocal lines. Review: First a Netflix series, now an opera, 'Juana.' Why the story of a 17th century nun sings 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The sublimity of Esther’s airborne monologue thus stands in marked contrast to the movie around it, which remains stubbornly earthbound. Review: Carlos Reygadas’ ‘Our Time’ opens up a marriage and finds more beauty than insight 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z What follows after the shattering act of sublimity are a series of aftershocks, and the greater the talent, the greater the reverberations. Is the second summer of Tiger Woods' career over? - Golf Digest 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Alter’s translation, which favors originality and clarity over mystery and sublimity, resembles the best pedagogical-critical writing of our day. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z The sheer sublimity of this sequence — the eerie silence, the stillness and clarity of the image — stands in sharp contrast to the rest of the movie, which is framed with almost defiant inelegance. Review: 'First Man,' starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, thrills, moves and perplexes - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Moment by liquid moment, “Roma” is an achievement of such sublimity that I was surprised to find myself wrestling with it, at times even resisting its pull. Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' and other riches from Venice enthrall the Toronto International Film Festival 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s a marvellous coup de théâtre, assisted by Philippe Jordan’s propulsive conducting, and at first sight it seems to offer a smug, empty message: the sublimity of German genius overcomes the nightmare of history. Wagner On Trial at the Bayreuth Festival 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z I am unable to describe just how moving this sense of belonging made by music can be, but I sensed an aura sublimity all around me. A festival's final concert brings the microtonal outsiders in 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z More than the Met or the Louvre, the Attic is the essence of what a museum could — or should — be: a curation of individually ordinary objects that achieve a collective sublimity. Letter of Recommendation: Tiny Museums 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z It's a buddy movie shot in soft light that aspires to comfort an older generation while informing the young that life's messiness and sublimities don't end at 40. Mary Steenburgen knows how to coax a laugh but is equally at home with the dark side 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z It is a testament to Forman’s fascination with the foibles and sublimities of the human spirit, and how cunning and tenderness, along with enduring passion, play out against our cruelties and better angels. Czech-born director Milos Forman understood the American experience 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z But Zhao's restrained, unsentimental style is the opposite of preachy, which makes it all too easy to underappreciate the sublimity of her achievement. Chloé Zhao's cowboy drama 'The Rider' is a moving, lyrical tale of loss and recovery 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s what I call a goulash work, though Kushner prefers the term lasagna: a dish that almost melts the borders of form in its quest for sublimity. A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Life, in other words, strips time away from taking in or occludes altogether the newness and sublimity that strong artwork can provide. Zadie Smith's brilliance is on display in 'Feel Free' 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z There are good reasons to live multigenerationally, from the mundanity of sharing costs and chores to the sublimity of shared witness to each milestone of a child’s growth. Perspective | Kids are living with their parents longer. It’s a good thing. 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet these moments of sublimity are tempered by irreverence. Working Out — in a Museum 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Lacking the genius necessary to reach the lofty heights of sublimity, they unintentionally followed “the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos.” The Big and Small of Bad Internet News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z “I think he was hiding a bit, so that when you looked at his work the sublimity had more force,” Paul Roth told me. Edward Burtynsky’s Epic Landscapes 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s hard to decide whether this is the most brilliant or the most ridiculous literary trick that has ever been performed around the fraught, often pretentious task of rendering musical sublimity in words. Nine Tales of Crises in “All That Man Is” 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z As soon as I adjusted to the sublimity of the Internet, I could understand that the moral act was no longer reading, but in some ways refraining from reading. “I’m in awe every day”: Virginia Heffernan on technology, virtual reality, and what the Internet means 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Solondz doesn’t do sublimity, but he’s a dab hand at the other two. Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog' puts humanity in a tragicomic cage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z For all their sublimity, they recall the familiar natural rhythms of movement, migration, survival. Tomasz Gudzowaty’s Wildlife Sublime 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Even if the concert in Windsor was a shadow of her stage work a generation ago, there were intermittent moments of sublimity. Aretha Franklin’s American Soul 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z You can celebrate artifice—the brilliant ways a thing can seem to know just what it is—or you embrace authenticity, the mute sublimity of a thing just being itself. Critics in the Age of Opinion 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Whether he is enjoying the sublimity of a landscape or the company of Charlotte, Werther is always really only involved with himself, his own ideas and emotions. Life Lessons from Goethe 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The sublimity of the act is heightened by the earthly mess around it. Has the Internet Made Air Travel Irrelevant? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The sublimity of sharks has a lot to do with our imaginations filling in what we can’t see. Mick Fanning’s shark escape mesmerised me – just as Jaws once did | Jonathan Jones 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Part of Beethoven’s genius, his sublimity, was to overcome adversity and transcend limitations with his art. Was Beethoven Inspired By His Irregular Heartbeat? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z A splendid, pristine panorama of 200 ivory peaks reached for azure skies, unsurpassed, as Mr. Hauser pledged, in Swiss sublimity. Schilthorn: James Bond’s glorious peak in the Swiss Alps 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Flipper was a big important band for me as a little young dude feeling lots of feelings but I'm not sure I really comprehended the sublimity of this song's existential dread until recently. Schnipper's top 10 not cool, whatever jams 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But the unenthusiastic critic admits that there are episodes of sublimity and great beauty in the Dante Symphony. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z It has been said by some who have seen almost all the fiords of Norway, that there are few of them superior to the Killaries in everything that constitutes beauty, sublimity, and wildness. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z There is nothing in the Alps which can afford even a faint idea of the savage desolation and appalling sublimity of many of the Himalayan scenes. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Sometimes, I admit, this manner of invective rises to a sublimity of fury that sounds like nothing so much as a combination of Carlyle and Shelley. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z And it was impressed at the same time with the grandeur and sublimity of the Divine power that had been brought into operation on behalf of Israel. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z River, Mountains, Ocean,—a very symposium of sublimities. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z This foundation we claim to discover in the sublimity of the principle heretofore recognized by us as the marrow, the heart of the Church. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Pillage and devastation moved side by side through the streets, while to give still greater terror and sublimity to the scene, a heavy thunder storm burst over the city. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z There lay the greatness of the heroic epos for readers of old,—the sense of human littleness, the melancholy of broken aspirations, swallowed up in the transcending sublimity of man's endurance and daring. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z This very sublimity of egotism is, and always was, one of the sources of the success of M. Thiers. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Every hour of the day, every change of sky or season, reveals some new and unexpected beauty or sublimity in this superb cliff. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The face of the mighty mother does not soften into a smile for the feebleness of her youngest-born offspring, but is fixed in its awful sublimity. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z That which we have is the archetype of a terrible and quite unapproachable sublimity. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The very sublimity of Paul's consciousness of apostolic inspiration made it the harder for the next generation to assert any for itself. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z But how can my pen describe the sublimity of the scene above, below and around! The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z But the greatest sight, the crowning feature, of all this panorama of sublimities is Glacier Peak seen from Cloudy Pass. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z This ballad is indeed unique in its order: no Irish ballad approaches its wild sublimity and the thoroughness of detail with which it is conceived and executed. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Caravaggio's entombment of Christ is a picture wanting in all the characteristics of holy sublimity; but is nevertheless full of solemnity, only perhaps too like the funeral solemnity of a gipsy chief. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When they get beyond the literal and the formal, and attempt the impressive and the grand, as in David’s and Girardot’s pictures, defend us from sublimity heaped on insipidity and petit-maîtreism. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z All solitude and sublimity are well eliminated from the scene. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The view up the cañon of the Stehekin is the crowning glory of this panorama of sublimities. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z And then, in a speech full of barbaric sublimity and tragic concentration of passion, he confesses "the patient search and vigil long" of his vengeance. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is wonderfully simple, so simple that it is not easy to say exactly why it produces such an overpowering impression of sublimity and grandeur. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The sublimity of the message appealed to him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z This last was an art de propia Espa�a, and her churches would lack half their sublimity without the massive fretwork of iron or brass that shuts in the richly-decked altars. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Then the fall hurling its great volume over the eight hundred feet of open space assumes an appalling sublimity. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The first part considers vice in man, and is called hell, to show us that mortal sin by its depth of iniquity is directly opposed to the sublimity of virtue. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z You acknowledge the sublimity of this as you stand before it. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He excelled all the bards of his time in sublimity of p. 23thought and poetic fire, and was much admired for the sprightliness of his wit. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z This one distorts the beauty, degrades the sublimity, stultifies the meaning of the facts and the character wherein it has been founded, taking away all true grandeur from Jesus, benumbing our love and reverence. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Throughout Oregon and Washington and extending partly through California is a series of volcanic peaks which gather within themselves every feature of natural beauty, sublimity, and wonder. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Even paganism is made to lend its graces to increase the sublimity of the picture, and clothe the thoughts of the writer in poetic garments. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I have seen one or two such sunsets in America; but there the sunsets are bolder and clearer, and with much more sublimity—they have rarely the voluptuous coloring of those in Italy. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z John Davidson said "Thompson's poetry at its highest attains a sublimity unsurpassed by any other Victorian poet." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z I cannot describe to you with what pathos, and, I am inclined to say, with what sublimity of language, he spoke of the Messiah of this immortal genius. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z The sublimity of that position dims even the splendor of those productions of his pen and tongue which have made his name familiar in two hemispheres. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The discovery of a new world ... is a magnificent theme in itself, full of sublimity and interest. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z These songs are but the vocal expression of the simplicity of their faith and the sublimity of their long resignation.” Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z In too many instances, the sublimity of genius was meagerly illustrated by these aspirants for notoriety. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z As minuteness, however, is opposed to sublimity, it ill accorded with that elevation in which the supreme merit of the art would seem to consist. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z And then again, the sublimity of that invocation—the heavenly thought, and heavenly harmony, of that song of praise and love! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z This is the one page in the Peru where the narrator makes us thrill with a sense of what, in its way, verges upon moral sublimity. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z The place that held for me more of fascination and sublimity than others was the bluff that looks out upon the vast ocean. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z To one who takes delight in the personality of Milton, even "Paradise Lost" is not a piece of unmitigated sublimity. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Men can never realise the fulness of a mother's love--the sublimity of its unselfishness--the majesty of its devotion. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z It may, however, be taken generally, for any deviation from one unchangeable position, and, in such a sense, preserve all the beauty and sublimity of the metaphor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z No poem has ever suggested a shadow of their majesty and sublimity. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Certainly the sight of such sublimity elevates the soul with a sense of the power and majesty of the Creator. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The grace and sublimity which we see through the poet's eyes are real. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Boulot might be even now upon the road, and arrive too late to be of use, owing to the inopportune sublimity of the too artless chatelaine. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z The confession of this peasant, simple in phrase, but intensely impassioned, strongly reminds me of the Ugolino of Dante, and appears to make some approach to its sublimity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They told all the past and predicted all the future with an impudence that amounted to sublimity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z This was the heroism of goodness—the sublimity of devotion. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Because he is said to be capable of sublimity, do not await him with overstrained sensibilities. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Eloquence, sublimity, poetry and art must have the foundation of fact, of reality. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z A mob of twenty millions driven to desperation, in the sublimity of despair, in the sacred name of Liberty cried for vengeance. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Yet it was such a novel place to be in that they lingered and looked—looked and gained new and wonderful ideas of the sublimity and awfulness of Niagara. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z All such sublimity and active life, however, were now absent; not a living creature was to be seen, and actuated by some indefinable impulse, I involuntarily clutched my rifle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Our Monday had been spent in a marvellous journey through the Pyrenees, whose rugged sublimities were bathed in the very blue of Vel�zquez, a cold, clear, glorious blue expanding all the soul. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z This is the real panegyric of St. Thomas, and it only adds to the sublimity of it that it should come nearly six centuries and a half after his death. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z There was a sublimity and awful grandeur that gathered around that hour and spot, which I shall not soon forget. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z It is precisely like the attempt of some orators, to speak, on all subjects alike, with the greatest possible pathos and sublimity. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z The stately majesty of the ghost of Hamlet's father, contrasted with the expressive energy of his son, and the sublimity brought about by the light, shadow, and general tone, strike the mind with awe. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The habit of recognizing principles amid the endless variety of their action can never degrade our sense of the sublimity of nature, or mar our enjoyment of its beauty. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z There is scarcely a trace of imaginative power, or of susceptibility to the grandeur and pathos of human life, or to the beauty and sublimity of Nature in the thousand lines of his remains. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z No one can depict the sublimity and grandeur of the scene that at that moment burst upon their view! Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Mucius, of his own will, left his right hand on the altar: what sublimity of mind! Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z My soul was filled with the sublimity and grandeur of the scene, notwithstanding the ghastly wounds and piteous groans of the mangled, helpless ones around me. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z My soul expanded while gazing on its sublimity. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z His language has the further power of producing a vague sense of sublimity, where the cause of the feeling is too vast or undefined to be distinctly conceived or visibly presented to the mind. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z For a period of twenty minutes the scene was one of grandeur and sublimity rarely witnessed. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z The language used for this purpose has a terseness, a concentration, a sublimity which betokens the voice of a Sovereign, the fiat of a Legislator. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z It is Christianity alone which stamps importance upon each individual life, and which invests the apparent trivialities of time with the sublimities of eternity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Though we may not have so many moments of sheer sublimity—moments when we touch the stars—as the young man, we have fewer hours of blackness. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z It was really worth a long sea voyage to be permitted to get the English language at first hand; to revel in its unexpected sublimities, and gaze down new and awe-inspiring vistas of rhetorical splendour. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The scene they looked upon was awful in its sublimity. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z In the distance, all around, the Mourne Mountains reared their heads to the starlit heavens in a sublimity of majestic steadfastness. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z But are you not confounding, in your criticism, the sublimity of the problems with the conspicuousness of their manifestations? A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Mountains, mountains, mountains of grim sublimity rolled everywhere around. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z But to Mr. Strang, the sublimity of Bunyan's 'poor man,' who overcomes all influences of mortality by the strength of his faith, is a possible fact. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z In others there is the might and majesty of a commanding magnetism, which recognizes the sublimity of truth. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z It undoubtedly contains some fine poetry, occasional pathos, and more frequent sublimity. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z It was the sublimity of life—the anticipation of death. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z The mountains elevate his thoughts, and teach him moral sublimity. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z One might call Mutanabbí the Victor Hugo of the East, for he has the grand style whether he soars to sublimity or sinks to fustian. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z No, but only the valley people enjoy the sublimity of a mountain. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z It seems ridiculous to argue that God wrote with unusual power and sublimity, and is actually the very first of known authors. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z She was a pretty, well-looked woman, but not of that sublimity of wit, or, rather, that quickness of imagination which some people have supposed. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z So far as human perfection can be defined, it consists in the purity and sublimity of moral action,—a perfection which may be approached, if not reached, by all who are so disposed. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Suddenly he saw his own sublimity, and shuddered with horror, with infinite solitude, with super-human anguish. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z The sublimity, however, with which she expiated to the uttermost those thoughtless follies of her youth, enables us to pardon her as woman, though as queen, we must recognize that her fate was inevitable. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z It is narrow, steep, and rugged, and wild to sublimity. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z This incapacity for appreciating mountainous sublimity involved a blindness to the rugged and picturesque on smaller scales. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z His squirrel-soul sprang with insatiable unrest from branch to branch; he knew what lies between sublimity and rascality; he had sat on every seat, always with unabashed watery eyes and mobile play of feature. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z I am deeply moved in recognizing the penetration, the sublimity and sweetness of your essay in the September number of the Magazine of Christian Literature. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The unique character of this contest as well as its sublimity lies in this, that it is not simply a personal matter in which he was engaged. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Sometimes the minds of men are the reflections of the beauties and sublimities of nature. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Nor is it easy, though the taste has been established, to describe a sunset, or the sublimity of the Alps. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Peaks of crystal towered above the straits, and the sublimities of mountain desolations everywhere appeared. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z What heroic resignation is here! what disinterested charity! what transcendent sublimity of hope! Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z He is the brother of Shakspeare, full of sublimity and pathos, tenderness, simplicity, and inexhaustible vigor. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z To the highest efforts of pathos and sublimity its vocabulary and its arrangement likewise are still unsuited, though the great preachers of the 17th century do their utmost with it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Yet this letter is the most significant indication which we possess from the middle ages of a capacity for enjoying the sublimity of heights. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z We no longer recognise in the Brahminical character and life an unsullied image of godlike purity, holiness and sublimity. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Bishop of Llandaff, in his reply to Paine, was impressed by the elevated Theism of the work, to portions of which he ascribed "a philosophical sublimity." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z He aimed to explain Nature; and his poem has much of wisdom, beauty, sublimity, and imagination to commend it. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z “Every day, for four terrible years,” wrote a German pamphleteer early in 1796, “has surpassed the one before it in grandeur and terror, and to-day surpasses all in dizzy sublimity.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Descriptions of the physical world as a field of power and sublimity would have fallen dead on the ears of a public who had never dreamed that storm and cliffs were beautiful. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The loftiest type of sublimity is to be found in the morally infinite. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Still, it must be remembered that its chief characteristic, and what it rests on for distinction, is not sublimity but sylvan beauty.” The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z A simple, clear story of battles and quarrels, and counsels, charming in its sublimity, pathos, vigor, and naturalness. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z Here rises the voice of song upon the wings of the winter night storm as it rolls past with the sublimity of an Alpine tempest. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The whole together formed an exquisite picture, in which there was much sublimity, much still, quiet life, and not a little of fantastic fairy loveliness. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Even to us it has not lost its sublimity, and a sense of awe overcomes us whenever the mighty spectacle is enacted in the heavens. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z By others this drama was thought to combine the tenderness of Euripides with the sublimity of Sophocles. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z He stands among the first creators of sublimity. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z There is much of interest in every development of nature—much to admire, especially in the grandeur, the picturesque beauty, and sublimity of large forest trees. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z He criticised everything; he took nothing on trust, except the unspeakable sublimity of the human race and its august terrestrial destinies. The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z On the other hand, we meet with many passages in Maximin, where the impression of sublimity becomes more deep, in proportion to the attention we bestow on them. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z In most of his dramas is the sublimity of Æschylus with the fine proportion and the directness of Sophocles. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z How exquisitely falls on the senses the sublimity of the lines Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z For several days I had seen nothing but dreary, monotonous plains, and now, almost another world opened to my view—a world of beauty and sublimity. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z When, when, I wonder, will the sublimity begin?' The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z No footless imagination can realize the sublimity< of western Mountain and Plain. Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education 2011-10-05T02:00:19.377Z Bright and beautiful the morning dawned as he rode towards his home; but serene as were the sublimities of nature their contemplation had no place in his mind. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Gazing on the most sublime and beautiful creations of Greek art, the masterpieces of Phidias and Praxiteles, he has no eye for their beauty or their sublimity. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The longing towards the crown of thorns stirs them, because they can appreciate the sublimity of martyrdom, and cannot measure the agony! In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z I think already I can feel the sublimity beginning.' The New Paul and Virginia Positivism on an Island 2011-10-08T02:00:25.133Z Their outline excited a very unusual idea of sublimity.' Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z At present he worshipped in her that which he had conceived her to be, and the very sublimity of this whole-hearted love was a bar to the existence of perfect trust and faith. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The sublimity of Revolution has given a greater shake to the minds of men, than to the kingdoms of the earth.' The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z So only shall I truly know whether it will shake him with dismay—or magnetize him by its sublimity.' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z What would be bald nonsense and dreary platitudes in any one else becomes sublimity in you. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z The conception is of sublimity and boldness, and in the execution of this particular plate the colour is laid on with great care, being shaded and stippled to a high degree of finish. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z On the other hand, the wild and rugged North made its own impress on the Scandinavian tribes, and their superstitions were gloomy and extravagant, with sometimes an element of savage grandeur and sublimity. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Nay, more; the mind wherein her fulness dwells Can beauty and sublimity instil In all created things, till it excels Even herself, though nurtured at her rill. Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z In fact, the subject is more naturally treated because it has less sublimity. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z A fantastic, extravagant architecture, all glitter and luxuriance, the creation of a wild fancy, forms a striking contrast to the simplicity of the classic and the sublimity of the Gothic style. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Had they found their way into the Canonical Gospels, what books would have been written upon their beauty and sublimity! Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z Homer is distinguished not only for his sublimity, but for the high moral tone which pervades his works. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z There are eloquent passages in it—passages almost rising to sublimity. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The opening description, in blank verse, conveys a vague but not very powerful impression of sublimity. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z I dare say our sublimity had a comic touch in it of which we never dreamt. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The sublimity of the scene clings like a halo around the sky-piercing summits. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z Virgil is considered inferior to Homer in sublimity, but he exceeds him in sweetness and in the beauty of his descriptions. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Fielding, with all his swagger and bounce, gold lace and strong language, has no more of the boldness than he has of the sublimity of the historian of Clarissa Harlowe. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z He repeated several of Watts's "Lyric Poems," and descanted upon their sublimity in a strain worthy of them and of their pious author. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Perhaps the ancient edifice would need the excuse of days of architectural ignorance, but no Cathedral on earth can surpass it, in its claim to occupy a place amid scenes of surpassing beauty and sublimity. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z He stood speechlessly gazing on such grandeur as his eyes had never yet beheld, and he felt the awe, and immensity, and sublimity of it, down to the end of his life. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z If dimensions, volume, exhibition of power, are elements of sublimity, Niagara Falls are sublime. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Wesley's great missionary tours in Devon and Cornwall, and the wild, remote parts of Lancashire, lack no single element of sublimity. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Nothing could exceed the beauty and sublimity of the latter excursion. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Nothing can exceed the beauty and sublimity of the natural scenery thus presented to our view, between Havana and the point of the Cape. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z There were sublimity and pageantry and pomp to create awe. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z I cannot ask you to perceive the sublimity of a subordination to the will of a chief, as our order practices it. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Our only plan, therefore, must be to leave it entirely alone, and to consider merely the distinctive character of sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Poetry, at that time, aspired neither to creative energy nor to sublimity of thought, nor to variety. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The mirrors of the nothingness of Man and the sublimity of the nothingness of Space. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z In nearly all the instances of sublimity quoted by Longinus there is this particular merit of brevity—-the picture is thrown upon the brain immediately, without pause or anything whatever to complicate the beauty. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z There is nothing in it suggestive of ferocity, but rather of a deep, dignified, and sombre sadness, with a touch of that sublimity which belongs to everything that appalls. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z What then is the ‘respect’ in question here,—the something or other in regard to which sublimity and grandeur seemed to be allied with one another, and to differ decidedly from grace and prettiness? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Her cheek was flushed with holy enthusiasm; her figure dilated with the sublimity of the thoughts in which she had been indulging; and her eyes beamed with the ennobling hopes of religious enthusiasm. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Let none excuse himself from reading this book on the plea of the inaccessible sublimity of Ruysbroeck. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z The story had been told so quietly, so simply, that the sudden emphasis at the conclusion was almost irresistible in the sublimity of its self-denying love. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z As the house stands several hundred feet above the river, the ascent is long and difficult, but the toil is amply repaid by the beauty and sublimity of the scene.” The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z And this greatness, further, is apparently no mere accompaniment of sublimity, but essential to it: remove the greatness in imagination, and the sublimity vanishes. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Then instead of what I have described 320 there is a sublimity to welcome me home. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Ignorant man as I am, I confess that nowhere have I found such sublimity and such knowledge, save in the works of Denys the Areopagyte. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z Though millions grasp not its sublimity and truth, those receptive souls nearest the light will catch its divine illuminations and reflect it to those below. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z They were ignorant of the sublimities, the infinities concealed within. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z And if we look further we shall find that these cases of sublimity are, in this respect, far from being exceptions: ‘thy soul’s immensity,’ says Wordsworth to the child; ‘mighty prophet’ he calls it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z In this last example the sublimity owes nothing to Milton except in the single case of the repetition in the third line. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z When carried away by the beauty or sublimity of his subject, he indulges in a wealth of imagery, comparison, metaphor, astounding at times in boldness and originality. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z We might assuredly be curious to learn how the sublimity and the colloquial and narrative parts of this vast treasure of our ancient language were produced under the primitive pen of Wickliffe. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Her trepidations were mingled with emotions not unakin to sublimity, but the consciousness of danger speedily prevailed, and she hastened to acquit herself of her engagement. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z For it suggests this question: Supposing that high claim to be justified at all, can it really be made for all sublimity, or must it not be confined to the very highest forms? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z No familiarity with them could change that feeling of the infinite sublimity somewhere beyond the narrow confines of human life. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Many passages are mere fustian, some are outrages against all taste; but others have a sublimity not often surpassed. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Therein consists the sublimity of love, love worthy of a noble and generous creature, not an ignorant and blind love. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Chateaubriand raises and answers the question why the ancients failed in feeling for the beauties and sublimities of nature, thus: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Diminish at all markedly in these cases the amount of light, colour, or sound, and the sublimity would vanish. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The two men carried on a conversation befitting the sublimity of the night; Lenette said nothing. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Whether Mrs. Gray understood him in all his beauty and sublimity, we know not, but at least, she read him, seriously, conscientiously—and many a fine lady cannot say as much. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z I learned then to appreciate the beauty of both arts, and the sublimity of attainment in either to be a violin virtuoso or a perfect violin maker. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z To Victor Hugo himself, the foregoing was not blasphemy; it was simply sublimity of a sort suitable to the character of the poet. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Astonishment, rapture, awe, even self-abasement, are among the emotions evoked by sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z What the storm is to our senses—something that raises, appals and lifts up our very being by its sublimity and terror—the strife of the passions is to the soul. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z As twilight falls, the picture receives a new and entrancing sublimity. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z They contain nothing that resembles vivacity or sublimity. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z It was Voltaire who said of these productions: “Moli�re’s best comedies do not excel them in wit, nor the compositions of Bossuet in sublimity.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Of beauty, thus understood, sublimity is one particular kind among a number of others, for instance prettiness. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The scene was singularly beautiful, without any of the wild irregular sublimity of the lower falls.” Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z From the sublimity of her momentary reverie, Miss Worth's gentle voice aroused Belle-Ann. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The people were pious and loyal, they loved their princes as themselves, they were permeated with the sublimity of the monarchical idea, they saw in it a reflexion of the Deity. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Something of Bossuet’s sublimity, or of a sublimity perhaps finer than Bossuet’s, our readers will discover in citations to follow from the “Thoughts.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The beauty we have in view here is evidently not the same as beauty in the wider sense; it is only, like sublimity or prettiness, a particular kind or mode of that beauty. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z If its sublimity," writes Dutton, "consisted only in its dimensions, it could be sufficiently set forth in a single sentence. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Do you not perceive the sublimity of this condition? and will it not be a most glorious consummation when you shall have reached the same altitude of progress. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Above all things, let us have meaning, not vague allegorical phrases—power if not passion—sense if not sublimity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z But then the sublimity of the object may be the motive which causes the choice of gazing at it; that is, it connects this act of contemplation with the sense of the most agreeable. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z It is not in the quality alone, but in the quantity of the quality, that the sublimity lies. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Introduce into Nature were it but a single atom of stint, of parsimony, of preservation, of regret for loss; and the power, and with it, the sublimity of the infinite is gone. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z And all of earth's sublimity was melted in its lays! The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z And it may be matter of encouragement in this respect, though one also of regret, to observe how much oftener man destroys natural sublimity, than nature crushes human power. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The sense of humour is merely negative in a poet; it does not give a poet sublimity, but it rescues him from puerility and absurdity. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Naturally the power, and therefore the sublimity, will differ in its character in different instances, and therefore will affect us variously. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Indeed, I could not attempt to give an idea of the mingled grandeur and beauty of this gorgeous lake—Alpine in sublimity, and yet a tropical picture of vegetation. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Fixed by a fascination only to be realized by those who have felt so, I cast my piercing glance at him, and my inmost soul knew all his sublimity. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z And, first of mere size: It might not be thought possible to emulate the sublimity of natural objects in this respect; nor would it be, if the architect contended with them in pitched battle. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Marlowe made of blank verse an instrument that would sound any note of pathos or sublimity. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z In either case there may be sublimity, but then there is the impression of immense power. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He reverenced the Duchess; but far more as the embodied idea of sublimity, than as a woman. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z There were two deep-rooted conceptions in the Egyptian mind which had much to do with the purity and sublimity of his religious ideas. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z All power and all sublimity rest on these; the shadows are used only for the sake of the features. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Because every sermon she heard with her outward ears was spontaneously transfigured, and literally recreated by reason of the sublimity of that which sounded ever within her own soul. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Several have been alleged, and one or two of these will be mentioned later, but none of them appears to show itself indubitably wherever sublimity is found. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Every soul was touched with the sublimity of the spectacle, and an impression, not unlike that with which a child looks on death, rested for an instant on all. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z With freedom and clearness of thought, the writer combines tender and deep feeling; with a childlike and naïve perceptiveness, a true sublimity of conception. Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg 2011-04-11T02:00:10.567Z This deprived Italian art of that sublimity which needs a grain of the grotesque for its perfection, a touch of the uncouth for its accomplishment. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It is an act of courage, and, at the same time, it contains in it delicacy and tenderness; especially when the subject is a woman, that virtue sometimes amounts to nobleness, or even sublimity. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The sunrise witnessed from an immense snowfield in the high Alps may be as sublime as an Alpine thunderstorm, though its sublimity is different. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Perhaps in all the sea-board of the empire, nothing of the same extent can vie in awful sublimity with this iron-bound coast. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z The principal subject of the fifth book—a composition unrivalled in energy and richness of language, in full and genuine sublimity—is the origin and laws of the visible world, with those of its inhabitants. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z On the walls of church or oratory the sweetness and languor of emotion became as dignified in beauty as the melodies of Pergolese, and its fervor touched at times the sublimity of tragic passion. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The Latin language, so noble in itself, and dignified, assumes additional majesty in the periods of the Roman Consul, and adds an inexpressible beauty and loftiness to the natural sublimity of his sentiments. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Not to speak of intellect as it appears in the sphere of practice, how can it be denied that the intellect of Aristotle or Shakespeare or Newton may produce the impression of sublimity? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z True beauty consists, not in what is called wit, but in sublimity and simplicity. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Though not without amenity and grace, they wanted that boldness, sublimity, and poetic enthusiasm by which the bards of the Greek republics were inspired. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z We may find the pageant at the close of the "Purgatory" unattractive; nor will the sublimity of the "Paradiso" save the figures by which spiritual meanings are here suggested, from-82- occasional grotesqueness. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Above their purple sublimity are cruel pagan gods, who do not hear though we cry to them in agony. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z So far, on the whole, we have been regarding the sublime object as if its sublimity were independent of our state of mind in feeling and apprehending it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The coasts are exceedingly high and bold, especially that of Spain, which seems to overcrow the Moorish; but opposite to Tarifa, the African continent, rounding towards the south-west, assumes an air of sublimity and grandeur. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z To George he related his travels in the interior of Mexico, speaking with great enthusiasm of the transcendent beauty, the sublimity of the scenery in that marvelous country. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z A skeptical and sensuous imagination plays around the-114- sanctities and sublimities which have for it become illusory. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z There is little ornament here; that roof looks plain and bare; yet I feel that the air is dense with sublimity. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Yet the adjective in the phrase ‘overwhelming greatness’ should at once suggest the truth that this state of mind is essential to sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z On all sides there was grandeur and sublimity. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Before the sublimity of this insight, all forms of the pathetic fallacy seem cheap and artificial. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z But these qualities, peculiar to medieval piety among Italians, are balanced by untutored eloquence which borders on sublimity. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The Bishop spoke much of the sublimity of the conception under which these great abbeys were founded—'One God, one Pope as God's interpreter, one Church, the servant of that Pope, unity in everything.' Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z But sublimity is harsh and hostile to sense. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The king of Betica felt the force of this sublime question, "Why not?" but he imagined sublimity alone was not sufficient against innumerable armies. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z This astonishing production—whose impertinence borders upon sublimity—being thus returned to Miss J., she proceeded to show the Duke that she could communicate with at least one prominent personage unaided by him. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z The next word you may write is 'Immortality,' for the sublimity of this invention is of surpassing grandeur. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The scene of toil and labour, backed by the sublimity of the surroundings, impressed the beholders; but the party came to life again with Hugh's order, "Mush!" The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z The apprehension of sublimity implies that we have received an exceedingly strong impression. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z All those who denied the sublime to Euripides were either poor wretches incapable of comprehending such sublimity or shameless charlatans who, in their presumption, wished to make more of themselves than they were.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Then the savage wildness of the prospect is tempered agreeably by the mild moonbeams, and the prevailing silence adds to the impression of mingled sublimity, and weird loveliness. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z I could not, however, resist the temptation of contrasting the solemn grandeur and gorgeous sublimity of our Church with the cold, unimpressive nakedness of his. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z No sooner, in fact, do we pass the time of Milton than we feel that we have done with the sublimities. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z In the case of sublimity, on the other hand, this acceptance does not seem to be so simple or immediate. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I do not believe in the utopian schemes which have been ground out of the brains of philosophers who mistake vagueness and impracticability for sublimity, and which they have misnamed association. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Be this as it may, the passage of the rivers through the mighty barrier is a spectacle of awful sublimity and it well deserves the many panegyrics it has received from orator and poet. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Only think, Kitty, of a great wide expanse of bleak water, with low shores; no glaciers, no Alps, no sublimity! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z If they had placed the springs of action among the fine phrases and the sublimities, he would trace them down into their secret connections with the bestial and the obscene. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z But this first stage or aspect clearly does not by itself suffice for sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z There is no man who has not some interesting associations with particular scenes, or airs, or books, and who does not feel their beauty or sublimity enhanced to him by such connexions. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Thus will the astronomy of the celestial world surpass, beyond conception, that science which even now is regarded as unequalled for its sublimity. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Hence these magnificent bursts of poetical depth and sublimity, which, be it said, are peculiar to Wordsworth, are mere short passages, and there are not many of them. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z When you enter one of these cathedrals you are tempted to say architecture is a lost art with us moderns so far as sublimity is concerned—except in vast engineering works. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z Outside the consciousness of its sublimity we may be perfectly well aware that a thing is limited, measurable, equal or inferior to something else. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The degree in which the emotions of sublimity or beauty are felt, is in general proportioned to the prevalence of those relations of thought in the mind, upon which this exercise of imagination depends. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z If, now, we cross the Atlantic, we shall easily find scenes of natural beauty and sublimity, that have long elicited the wonder and delight of thousands of genuine taste. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Eva looked out of the window, unwonted sublimity lay in her demeanour. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z But whatever else they may lack they do not lack vitality, initiative, sublimity. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z This seems indubitable, and hence we may say that, in one sense, all sublimity has unmeasured greatness, and that no greatness is sublime which we apprehend as finite. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Even Blair shows that sublimity may exist without terror or pain. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Rising into the Highlands, the sterility and wildness increase, and reach their maximum in Glencoe, whose wildness and sublimity are indeed indescribable; but if seen, they can never be forgotten. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z In open confession, in the lowest abnegation, before universal repudiation, there would still be sublimity! Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z This praise of herself and stern upbraiding of her lover, would sound harsh from woman's lips, but have a solemnity, and even a sublimity, as uttered by a disembodied and angelic being. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z It has been observed that attempts to illustrate such passages as these dissipate their sublimity by diminishing the obscurity of the object. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Whatever increases this exercise or employment of imagination, increases also the emotion of beauty or sublimity. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Wait here till night closes around us, and we shall witness a scene of awful sublimity. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Oh, the sublimity of the picture they portray! Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z His love of adventure had its impulses, not in the excitement of the gay world, but in the beauties, harmonies, and sublimities of nature. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z And their sublimity would be endangered if we tried to bring them nearer to sense by picturing the means by which they exercise their control. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The characters of grandeur or sublimity, with relation to ourselves, are greatness, superordination, and power. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Instead of the delightful emotions of beauty and sublimity which now rise within us as we open our eyes upon nature, feelings of aversion and fear would haunt us. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z From the sublimity, the excellence, and the purity of His doctrines and precepts, I believe Jesus Christ came from God. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z The azure-tinted plains of ice, in their rugged sublimity, were stretched out broad and large, their surface glittering as if all sorts of precious stones were thrown there. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z And it is of special interest here because it illustrates at one and the same time the two kinds of sublimity which we are engaged in distinguishing. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z But artillery and lightning are powerful engines of destruction; and with their power we sympathize, whenever the sound of them excites any sentiments of sublimity.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z We have ascended its lofty mountains, and there have we been greeted with prospects of surpassing loveliness and overwhelming sublimity. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z That conflict which a little while ago had seemed so demoralising to the overwrought nerves was now only too likely to be hailed as the sublimity of battle. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Why do you gabble about sublimity, then?——You know that that is humbug——sour grapes! The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z We distinguish, for example, one kind of sublimity from another, and we must do so; but in the actual experience, the single instance, these kinds often melt together. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Some have considered sublimity as expressing grandeur in the highest degree: it would perhaps be as well to express the cause of the emotion by grandeur, and the emotion itself by sublimity. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z But then their wild aspect, their ragged and rocky outlines, present a picture of the sublimity of desolation rarely equalled. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z I remained silent as before—as before struck with the sublimity of thought, to which the backwoodsman was unconsciously giving speech. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Our unapproachable sublimity is the only viewpoint which the trash understands——They would have laughed at me also before I swung myself off. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Trying to overlook the field in which sublimity appears, we say that there is a sublimity of inorganic things, and of things vital, and of things spiritual, and that these kinds differ. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The amputation of a limb, or the bite of a snake, is exceedingly terrible, but is destitute of all claim whatever to sublimity.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Passing without notice the almost unrivalled beauties of Lehman, and following up the Arve through its stupendous gorges, we catch views of Mont Blanc, as we approach it, that possess overpowering sublimity. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The feeling of their beauty has become with me a deeper feeling than that of their sublimity. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z At that moment I had no thought, either of the elegancies of Art, or the beauties of Nature; not even for its sublimities, displayed within sight on the snow-clad slopes of the great “Cordillera.” The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z What is essential is to recognise the presence of the two ‘aspects’ or ‘stages,’ and to see that both are requisite to sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z It is a fact, that exactly in proportion as ugliness is substituted for beauty in vast objects, is sublimity taken away, until at last it is utterly lost in the terrible. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Let not the man take a hasty glance, and in disappointment conclude that he shall find no interest and no sublimity there. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Birds flying in their thousands, he recalled, convey sublimity. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z When one crosses any one of its numerous bridges, one does not exchange thriftiness and sublimity for the commonplace. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z That is to say, we do not attempt to determine its amount, and if we did we should lose the impression of sublimity. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z This is evidently true only of the objects of minor or subordinate beauty, which Burke confusedly thought the only kind of it, though he elsewhere grants, that beauty may be connected with sublimity! Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Quiet and romance are lost in sublimity, if not in grandeur. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Beneath this roof—the soul and the perfect symbol of sublimity!—are ranged more than fourscore monuments to heroic martial persons who have died for England, by land or sea. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Taste must assign the palm of superiority to the Grecian temple, with its severe beauty and chastened sublimity. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The more sublime they are, or the nearer they approach sublimity, the more is this true. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The other genus of beauty, grand or sublime beauty, is well described by the names given to it, grandeur or sublimity. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z And then, sending her party up to bed, she had proved the sublimity of her kindness by doing something that she had never done before. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z I myself possess above seventy, and more survive elsewhere.290 No other Choral Preludes approach them in religious feeling, dignity, and sublimity of expression. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z I have a soul above the common, Miss Nancy, and can discover beauties in a tallow candle, and sublimity in a mug of milk and water. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z But whatever kind or degree of truth we may find in all this, everything in Wordsworth that is sublime or approaches sublimity has, directly or more remotely, to do with it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z What human skill could attain to the sublimity of such a picture? The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z If Bret Harte had described that scene it would in some subtle way have combined a sense of the absurdity of the incident with some sense of the sublimity and pathos of the scene. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It struck me, as I passed them in moving toward the door, that there was even a sublimity in their steadiness in guilt. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The picture is ever changing from grandeur to beauty, from beauty to sublimity, from the dark and frowning greatness of its granite walls, to the dazzling colors of its upper cliffs. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z When we call sublimity a form of beauty, as I did just now, the word ‘beauty’ is obviously being used in the widest sense. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z It surpassed in sublimity anything I had witnessed during the war. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The sublimity of nature is grandiose, but there may be too much of it. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Huygens had little of the sweetness of Hooft or of the sublimity of Vondel, but his genius was eminently bright and vivacious, and he was a consummate 725 artist in metrical form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z He possesses the logic of the first, the persiflage of the second, and some of the sublimity of the third. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Can there be sublimity when such greatness is absent? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “Mel Allen’s life was one long, extended, exhaustive, triumphant prayer,” he said, “a call to us to see the sublimities of the stolen sign or the first seasonal shifts of the wind.” An Appraisal: Another Revered Baseball Voice Is Silenced 2010-12-04T18:50:00Z The mightiest mountains in the Oberland form its sides; still, the impression which it makes is not that of vastness or sublimity, but of loveliness not to be described. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The secret of the power of Lucretius as an interpreter of Nature lies in his recognition of the sublimity of natural law in ordinary phenomena. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil But what is the love—the passion of poetry—but enthusiasm—enthusiasm which converts everything it looks upon into beauty and sublimity? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 Burke’s mistake, however, implies a recognition of the ‘negative aspect’ in sublimity, and it may remind us of a truth. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z When I gained the mountain summit—O my God! what impressions I have had of beauty and sublimity! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Beethoven was cried up to the seventh heaven by Mr. Harrower, for his grandeur and sublimity, and all that sort of thing. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 One does not pause amid burning mountains, boiling springs, and rushing geysers, to dwell on the want of human or historic background; the marvellous sublimity of Nature is sufficient. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The mountains are highland, wild, heathy, and tempest-beaten: and is there no sublimity in their cliffs, their scarred fronts, and scarred sides? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 It is here that the object is most decidedly more than ‘glorious,’ or even ‘majestic,’ and that sublimity appears in antithesis to grace. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Life does allow all the ardor, all the sublimity of two human beings to flourish; and in their relation to each other she grants even the impossible. Woman What perfect combinations of beauty and sublimity—of grandeur of outline with richness of colouring—have you not been travelling through! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 This act was one of sublimity and thrilling interest. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Why should the hero leave this world with such sublimity and grandeur if it were not that he found it too miserable for him to feel comfortable in? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. The bearing of these statements on Wordsworth’s inclination to sublimity will be obvious at a glance. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z In so far as he represents the idea and sublimity of height and flight, let him soar! The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The whole way to Martigny you see sublimity without admixture of terror; it is beauty elevated into grandeur, without losing its amenity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Divine in its origin, the sublimity of its language caps the climax of composition. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But we could have borne all this, had not a fortune-telling gypsy come to raise us into perfect sublimity. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 It seems clear, then, that sublimity very often arises from an overwhelming greatness of power. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The loftiest pagan philosophy dwindled into insignificance before the sublimity of Christian hope. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs But he looked on, his gaze held by the sublimity of the mountains and the powerful spell, cast by an historic imagination. The Guns of Europe At length the mighty spirit of Patrick Henry burst forth in all the sublimity of its native majesty and broke the mighty spell. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution There is sublimity in his kingly look of which the ocean might be proud. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 If our account of the impression produced by sublimity is true, why should not any sensation whatever produce this impression merely by gaining extraordinary strength? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z It is the sublimity of all hopelessness, destined to deliverance, but unable to foresee it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 Feeling them to be so, the charities of the poor toward one another frequently rise almost to sublimity. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus He stood among the great in all the sublimity of his towering intellect the acknowledged champion of that legislative hall which he had but recently entered. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But the scampering gallops through the groves under these grand scenes, and the quiet amblings amid such beauty and sublimity, were pleasures which nothing marred. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 There is fear in the apprehension of some sublimity, but by no means in that of all. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z He was greatly revered in antiquity both for the depth of his intellect, and the sublimity and nobility of his character. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We may rejoice, then, in the hope of beauty 36 and sublimity in our national literature, for no people are richer than we are in the treasures of nature. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I can feel its sublimity," Gertrude said, softly, answering his thought; "but its solemn unchangeableness depresses me. A Romance in Transit She obscurely made out that superiority, that sublimity, mightn't after all be fatal. The Spoils of Poynton And if we take the phrase in another meaning, the statement may mislead still, for it attributes to sublimity in general what is a characteristic only of certain forms of the sublime. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Human fancy cannot realize how much of vice and misery, nor, on the other hand, how much of beauty, holiness, grandeur and sublimity there is in life. On the Heights A Novel Besides, the universal conviction is that the sublimity of a doctrine is in exact proportion to its obscurity and its unintelligibility. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Full.—Enjoys grandeur, sublimity, and infinitude quite well, and imparts considerable of this element to his thoughts, emotions, and expressions; evinces the same qualities as large, only in a less degree. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology A people full of freedom, of lofty aspiration, of purity, partaking of the awful sublimity that environs them. First Fam'lies of the Sierras But undoubtedly there is another kind of sublimity; and it is particularly interesting. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Whenever I look at the mountains, I am impressed anew with their sublimity. On the Heights A Novel There was a sublimity in her expression of vehement passion which was the result of measured force, energy which was never wasted, exalted pathos that never overshot the limits of art. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday How tame beside these awful sublimities, appeared the gentle sloping cliffs at ——, and her little cottage fronting the quiet bay— "Green lie these thickly timbered shores, Fair sloping to the sea." Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. |
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