 | Basil Hall - 1829 - 492 halaman
...imagination to paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description, I mean analogy, and direct comparison...certain, might be done by a well-executed panorama, drawn from below, at a station near the projecting angle of the rock which must be passed, after leaving... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1829 - 466 halaman
...imagination to paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description, I mean analogy and direct comparison...that amazing cataract, which is altogether unique." f The most favourable season for visiting the Falls, * The conflicting statements respecting the practicability... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 396 halaman
...imagination to paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description, I mean analogy and direct comparison...that amazing cataract, which is altogether unique." f The most favourable season for visiting the Falls, * The conflicting statements respecting the practicability... | |
 | Robert J. Vandewater - 1831 - 86 halaman
...imagination to paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description, I mean analogy, and direct comparison...that amazing cataract, which is altogether unique." And we, fully concurring in his opinion, leave all farther description for the imagination of the tourist... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1834 - 24 halaman
...were almost ridiculous therefore to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description,! mean analogy, and direct comparison with things which...that amazing Cataract, which is altogether unique, Panoramic View. A great deal I am certain, might be done by a well-executed Panorama drawn from below,... | |
 | William Barham - 1847 - 196 halaman
...who have not been present to hear and see for themselves. Captain Basil Hall remarks, " All parts of Niagara are on a scale which baffles every attempt...that amazing cataract, which is altogether unique." " All the pictures you may see," says JJ Audubon, " all the descriptions you may read, of these mighty... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 774 halaman
...paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordi- 1827-28 nary materials of description, I mean analogy, and direct comparison...certain, might be done by a wellexecuted panorama, drawn from below, at a station near the projecting angle of the rock which must be passed, after leaving... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 772 halaman
...describing it. The ordi- 1827-28 nary materials of description, I mean analogy, and direct com- * parison with things which are more accessible, fail entirely...certain, might be done by a wellexecuted panorama, drawn from below, at a station near the projecting angle of the rock which must be passed, after leaving... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1921 - 784 halaman
...describing it. The ordi- 1827-28 nary materials of description, I mean analogy, and direct com- a parison with things which are more accessible, fail entirely...certain, might be done by a wellexecuted panorama, drawn from below, at a station near the projecting angle of the rock which must be passed, after leaving... | |
 | Malcolm Andrews - 1999 - 260 halaman
...parts of the scene. The catalogue quotes in support another visitor to the Falls, a Captain Basil Hall: All parts of the Niagara are on a scale which baffles...deal, I am certain, might be done by a well-executed Panorama.16 Hall dismisses the efficacy of simile and analogy as reductive devices to familiarize what... | |
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... exceeds any thing I ever witnessed before. All parts of Niagara, indeed, are on a scale which baffles every attempt of the imagination to paint, and it were ridiculous, therefore, to think of describing it. The ordinary materials of description, I... 