 The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, etc. were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 7371877Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1821 - 724 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c. were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time ; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pagini
...powerfully effected. Buildings and Landscapes were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to -receive ; space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pagini
...powerfully affected. Buildings and landscapes were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive; space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time ; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | Robert Macnish - 1834 - 310 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the expansion of time. I sometimes seemed to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 330 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &f ., ven exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, d'd not disturb me so much as the expansion of time. I sometimes seemed to... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | George Combe - 1845 - 498 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eve is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, b»«*ver, dc not disturb me so much as the expansion of time. I sometimes seemed to... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 270 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time ; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c. were exhibited in proportions soivast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time; I sometimes seemed... | |
 | Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 204 pagini
...affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c. were both exhibited in proportions so vast that the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the expansion of time. I sometimes seemed to... | |
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