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  • "He painted every day, and devoted more time to it than to his poems," says Milton A. Cohen, a humanities professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and author of "Poet and the Painter: The A.sthetics of E.E. Cummings 'E.rly Work."

    Restoration Job: 2007

  • Without going into details, which would lie beyond the scope of general sthetics, it is possible to state the following broad facts (compare the similar facts relating to melody) with reference to poetic rhythms:

    The Principles of Aesthetics Dewitt H. Parker

  • Lenin was not much inclined toward the sthetics of revolution, or toward relishing its

    My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930

  • I just simply let myself go admiring her as though I had been a mere slave of sthetics: the perfect grace, the amazing poise of that venerable head, the assured as if royal --- yes, royal --- even flow of the voice ....

    The Arrow of Gold 1919

  • There are some things for which we need mnemonic aids; there are other things for which we require mnemonic an#230; sthetics.

    Things That Matter Most: Devotional Papers 1817-1893 1913

  • I refer to the consciousness produced by intoxicants and anaelig; sthetics, especially by alcohol.

    The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

  • Then, as I gradually awoke from the influence of the anaelig; sthetics, the old sense of my relation to the world began to return, the new sense of my relation to God began to fade.

    The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

  • V. Religion and A.sthetics A. Religion and Other beliefs Orthodox doctrines and structure: Poland is one of the world's largest religious countries. 96% of the society in Poland is Catholic but according to Encyclopedia of the Nations only 58% are active.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • The A.sthetics of Everyday Life, A. Light and J.M. Smith

    Environmental Aesthetics Carlson, Allen 2008

  • 2007, “Walking the City”, in The A.sthetics of Human Environments, A. Berleant and A. Carlson (ed.),

    Environmental Aesthetics Carlson, Allen 2008

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