English Hours
English Hours
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But it is very impressive in spite of its want of lightness and bright- ness, and though it is ugly it is anything but trivial.
Like so many of the aspects of English civilisation that are untouched by elegance or grace, it has the merit of expressing something very serious. Viewed in this intellectual light the polluted river, the sprawling barges, the dead-faced warehouses, the frowsy people, the atmospheric impurities become richly suggestive. It sounds rather absurd, but all this smudgy det...ail may remind you of nothing less than the wealth and power of the British empire at large; so that a kind of metaphysical magnificence hovers over the scene, and supplies what may be literally wanting. I don't exactly understand the association, but I know that when I look off to the left at the East India Docks, or pass under the dark hugely-piled bridges, where the railway trains and Digitized by VjOOQLC 166 ENGLISH HOURS the human processions are for ever moving, I feel a kind of imaginative thrill.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But it is very impressive in spite of its want of lightness and bright- ness, and though it is ugly it is anything but trivial.
Like so many of the aspects of English civilisation that are untouched by elegance or grace, it has the merit of expressing something very serious. Viewed in this intellectual light the polluted river, the sprawling barges, the dead-faced warehouses, the frowsy people, the atmospheric impurities become richly suggestive. It sounds rather absurd, but all this smudgy det...ail may remind you of nothing less than the wealth and power of the British empire at large; so that a kind of metaphysical magnificence hovers over the scene, and supplies what may be literally wanting. I don't exactly understand the association, but I know that when I look off to the left at the East India Docks, or pass under the dark hugely-piled bridges, where the railway trains and Digitized by VjOOQLC 166 ENGLISH HOURS the human processions are for ever moving, I feel a kind of imaginative thrill.
What to read after English Hours?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Joseph Pennell to read onlineMoreLess
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