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Сторінка 12
He told me the story of the formation of the society where we had met ; talked
about the chapel , and gave a most laughable description of its leading spirits , —
the pillars of the temple , as he called them ; then gave me some account of his ...
He told me the story of the formation of the society where we had met ; talked
about the chapel , and gave a most laughable description of its leading spirits , —
the pillars of the temple , as he called them ; then gave me some account of his ...
Сторінка 13
He had pre - eminently what he himself called the great religious and social want
, of our age , a Catholic soul and a Protestant mind . In a letter written during one
of his frequent absences from home , I find certain sentences of self - criticism ...
He had pre - eminently what he himself called the great religious and social want
, of our age , a Catholic soul and a Protestant mind . In a letter written during one
of his frequent absences from home , I find certain sentences of self - criticism ...
Сторінка 14
Of course all excellence in man and worship as the supreme excellence , was
part of the inheritance of this gifted man ; but if called to define him , I should say '
artist , not saint , was the real bent of his being . He had endless admiration , but ...
Of course all excellence in man and worship as the supreme excellence , was
part of the inheritance of this gifted man ; but if called to define him , I should say '
artist , not saint , was the real bent of his being . He had endless admiration , but ...
Сторінка 19
Now I have noted that every person I have met in whom this exceptional
sensitiveness to certain literary delicacies exists , has what is vaguely called a
poetical nature , which , if it express itself at all in any literary form , is almost
certain ...
Now I have noted that every person I have met in whom this exceptional
sensitiveness to certain literary delicacies exists , has what is vaguely called a
poetical nature , which , if it express itself at all in any literary form , is almost
certain ...
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The hour of sunset had always a singular charm for him ; indeed , he had a
decided sunset mania , and after a hard day ' s work would often walk three or
four miles to a little bit of rising ground where he could enjoy what he called his
evening ...
The hour of sunset had always a singular charm for him ; indeed , he had a
decided sunset mania , and after a hard day ' s work would often walk three or
four miles to a little bit of rising ground where he could enjoy what he called his
evening ...
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| Назва | The Pelican papers |
| Автор | James Ashcroft Noble |
| Видання | 2 |
| Опубліковано | 1873 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 31 лип. 2006 |
| Обсяг | 222 стор. |
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