 | Nancy Armstrong - 2002 - 354 頁
...respect in proportion as his possessions are known, provided he does not too vainly boast of them . . . The pleasure of appropriation is gratified in viewing...which disgraces the scenery of a park, looks as if its pleasure derived from appropriation, or the unity and continuity of unmixed property.39 Although... | |
 | Eileen Cleere - 2004 - 274 頁
...appropriation — otherwise, making one's "property seem larger, more valuable" than it actually is. The pleasure of appropriation is gratified in viewing...cannot be injured by the malice or bad taste of a neighboring intruder. . . an ugly barn, a ploughed field, or any obtrusive object which disgraces the... | |
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... every individual who possesses anything, whether it be mental endowments, or power, or property, obtains respect in proportion as his possessions are known, provided he does not too vainly boast of them ; and it is the sordid miser only who enjoys... 