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... Influence of Poetry ' were given before the Institution , in fulfilment of a promise previously made , and their delivery created a great sensa- tion . To those who never heard Mr. Robertson speak , it may be interesting to learn that ...
... Influence of Poetry ' were given before the Institution , in fulfilment of a promise previously made , and their delivery created a great sensa- tion . To those who never heard Mr. Robertson speak , it may be interesting to learn that ...
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... INFLUENCE OF POETRY ON THE WORKING CLASSES . - LECTURE I. Delivered before the Members of the Mechanics ' Institution , February 1852 . LECTURE II . • PAGE I 35 68 • 105 . 150 LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH • Delivered to the Members of the ...
... INFLUENCE OF POETRY ON THE WORKING CLASSES . - LECTURE I. Delivered before the Members of the Mechanics ' Institution , February 1852 . LECTURE II . • PAGE I 35 68 • 105 . 150 LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH • Delivered to the Members of the ...
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... influence , without authority , without talent , to occupy a position so prominent as that which I occupy to - night , would really seem to justify a suspicion of some- thing like vanity and assumption . My reasons for undertaking this ...
... influence , without authority , without talent , to occupy a position so prominent as that which I occupy to - night , would really seem to justify a suspicion of some- thing like vanity and assumption . My reasons for undertaking this ...
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... influence as my name could command , I gladly gave you . I have not the vanity to say that that influence was great , or that 38 Addresses and Literary Remains .
... influence as my name could command , I gladly gave you . I have not the vanity to say that that influence was great , or that 38 Addresses and Literary Remains .
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Frederick William Robertson. to say that that influence was great , or that my name had weight with many : but it did weigh with some ; and support was given you by them in reliance upon my repre- sentations . To them , and to the public ...
Frederick William Robertson. to say that that influence was great , or that my name had weight with many : but it did weigh with some ; and support was given you by them in reliance upon my repre- sentations . To them , and to the public ...
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Page 176 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 110 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 5 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 164 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle : sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life. In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired.
Page 144 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 156 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 279 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page 7 - As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That man to man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a
Page 114 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 125 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...