| 1794 - 450 pages
...astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand duected me to appiouch the place where he sat. 1 drew near •with that reverence which is due to a...subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I feil down at hs feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with 'i look of compassion and affability... | |
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste the pleasures of his conversation , as I looked .upon him like one...his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination , and at once dispelled... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...When he had raised my thoughts, by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one...sat. I drew near with that reverence which is due to a^superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one...his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, ajid by the waving of his hand directed me to approach...reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as nay heart was intirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...conversation, as I looked upon him like ouc astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of bis hand directed me to approach the place where he sat....due to a superior nature ; •and as my heart was iutncly subdued by the captivatihg strains I had heard, 1 fell down at his feet and wept. The genius... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one asto1 56. THE SPECTATOR. No. 159. nished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed...his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 324 pages
...visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one...is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was intirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius... | |
| Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one...his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...When he had raised my thoughts, by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one...his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled... | |
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