The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 8F.C. & J. Rivington, 1844 |
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... Lucretius in ancient , and Shelley in modern times , as remarkable examples . He has , further , distinguished two kinds of inspiration , -that produced by exalted contempla- tions , and by intense feeling . On this division we have not ...
... Lucretius in ancient , and Shelley in modern times , as remarkable examples . He has , further , distinguished two kinds of inspiration , -that produced by exalted contempla- tions , and by intense feeling . On this division we have not ...
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... Lucretius , and others , produces a feeling of pleasure like that with which one follows the windings of an Alpine stream through a varied and magnificent country , each turn of it disclosing new and unex- pected beauties , which are ...
... Lucretius , and others , produces a feeling of pleasure like that with which one follows the windings of an Alpine stream through a varied and magnificent country , each turn of it disclosing new and unex- pected beauties , which are ...
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... Lucretius and Virgil , stand at the head of it among the classics . Each of these classes , however , admits of a corresponding sub- division , agreeably to the original principles of the theory adopted . The world of society and active ...
... Lucretius and Virgil , stand at the head of it among the classics . Each of these classes , however , admits of a corresponding sub- division , agreeably to the original principles of the theory adopted . The world of society and active ...
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... Lucretius , the other to Virgil . The sum and substance of the poetry of Lucretius is contained in this one circumstance , that the writer gladly permits himself to be hurried away , and carried aloft to all that is sublime and distant ...
... Lucretius , the other to Virgil . The sum and substance of the poetry of Lucretius is contained in this one circumstance , that the writer gladly permits himself to be hurried away , and carried aloft to all that is sublime and distant ...
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... Lucretius did for persons weary of philosophizing , the same Virgil did for those who were tired and disgusted with the bustle of public life ; each pointed to woods and rivers as a place of refuge . " - Pp.619–622 . The passage quoted ...
... Lucretius did for persons weary of philosophizing , the same Virgil did for those who were tired and disgusted with the bustle of public life ; each pointed to woods and rivers as a place of refuge . " - Pp.619–622 . The passage quoted ...
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Page 451 - O Lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live: Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Page 157 - He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Page 273 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 68 - For showers to glad the earth. Old Ocean was Infinity of ages ere we breathed Existence — and he will be beautiful When all the living world that sees him now Shall roll unconscious dust around the sun. Quelling from age to age the vital throb In human hearts, Death shall not subjugate The pulse that swells in his stupendous breast, Or interdict his minstrelsy to sound In thundering concert with the quiring winds ; But long as Man to parent Nature owns Instinctive homage, and in times beyond The...
Page 612 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him; and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 348 - And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Page 559 - not to read, but to learn how to read ; " and thus the greater part of his instructions were interwoven with the process of their own minds ; there was a continual reference to their thoughts, an acknowledgment that, so far as their information and power of reasoning could take them, they' ought to have an opinion of their own.
Page 527 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 67 - And when daisies and buttercups gladdened my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold. I love you for lulling me back into dreams Of the blue Highland mountains and echoing streams. And of birchen glades breathing their balm, While the deer was seen glancing in sunshine remote, And the deep mellow crush of the wood-pigeon's note Made music that sweetened the calm.
Page 211 - It is pleasant to find that many of its Tales are of the Mills and of those who work in them ; that they inculcate habits of self-denial and contentment, and teach good doctrines of enlarged benevolence.