The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed, Bind 3R. Fenner, 1818 - 375 sider |
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... genius and valour wield the heroism of a people ; -or those , in no infe- rior " pride of place , " whose sway is over the mind of society , -chiefs in the realm of ima- gination , -interpreters of the secrets of nature , -rulers of ...
... genius and valour wield the heroism of a people ; -or those , in no infe- rior " pride of place , " whose sway is over the mind of society , -chiefs in the realm of ima- gination , -interpreters of the secrets of nature , -rulers of ...
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... genius , he treads as a stranger : -in the confusion of new sensations , bewildered in delights , all seems beautiful ; all seems admirable . And there- fore he engages eagerly in the pursuit of false or insufficient philosophy ; he is ...
... genius , he treads as a stranger : -in the confusion of new sensations , bewildered in delights , all seems beautiful ; all seems admirable . And there- fore he engages eagerly in the pursuit of false or insufficient philosophy ; he is ...
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... genius might , it should seem , " be preserved from any wrong influence of this faith , by an insight into a simple truth , namely , that it is not necessary , in order to satisfy the desires of our nature , or to reconcile us to the ...
... genius might , it should seem , " be preserved from any wrong influence of this faith , by an insight into a simple truth , namely , that it is not necessary , in order to satisfy the desires of our nature , or to reconcile us to the ...
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... genius of our divine Spenser . does not himself immediately enter the lists as a combatant , but he looks round him with a beating heart : dazzled by the gorgeous pa- geantry , the banners , the impresses , the ladies of overcoming ...
... genius of our divine Spenser . does not himself immediately enter the lists as a combatant , but he looks round him with a beating heart : dazzled by the gorgeous pa- geantry , the banners , the impresses , the ladies of overcoming ...
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... genius , and that by which true genius is contra - distinguished from mere talent . ( See the postscript at the end of this essay . ) The man of talent , who is , if not exclusively , yet chiefly and characteristically a man of talent ...
... genius , and that by which true genius is contra - distinguished from mere talent . ( See the postscript at the end of this essay . ) The man of talent , who is , if not exclusively , yet chiefly and characteristically a man of talent ...
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Side 242 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the child among his new-born blisses A sIx years
Side 243 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy...
Side 243 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Side 243 - But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised...
Side 143 - Why, man, they did make love to this employment; They are not near my conscience ; their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow : Tis dangerous, when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites.
Side 227 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Side 64 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live!
Side 242 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years...
Side 272 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infants' breath: And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Side 149 - My liege, and madam, — to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time. Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief...