They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade, — the coolness of a meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion there is sentiment; and, even in what purport... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 264edited by - 1851Full view - About this book
| 1851 - 588 pages
...vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers iliat blossomed in too retired a shade — the coolness of a meditative habit, wliich diffuses itself through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion, there... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1853 - 606 pages
...flowers that have blossomed in too retired a shade — marked by the coolness of a meditative hnbit, nd the host painters have seized, with the same instinct, upon golden tresses. A walk through he observes, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory,... | |
| 1860 - 534 pages
...should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to be taken into the... | |
| 1860 - 528 pages
...should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observati&n of every sketch.. Instead of passion there is sentiment ; and, even in what purport to... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1861 - 302 pages
...should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the... | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1865 - 464 pages
...should have gained what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual. They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade,...passion, there is sentiment; and, even in what purport to bo pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh... | |
| 1865 - 594 pages
...perfect yet written : "They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shndt — the coolness of a meditative habit which diffuses...what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to IK; taken into the... | |
| Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 560 pages
...he had to make in the wilderness of unrecognition. ' They [the tales] have the pale tint of flowerg that blossomed in too retired a shade — the coolness...through the feeling and observation of every sketch Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect... | |
| 1868 - 548 pages
...what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual, he proceeds — " They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the... | |
| 1868 - 978 pages
...what vogue they did, than that it was so little and so gradual, he proceeds : — " They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade...meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling aud observation of every sketch. Instead of p:ission, there is sentiment ; and even in what purport... | |
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