 Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words, ty is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its verses. The...  English Past and Present - Página 34de Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 213 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1880 - 488 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities seem often to be almost things rather than words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national...verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of a man are hid beneath its words. ... It is his sacred thing, which doubt has never dimmed and controversy... | |
 | Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1880 - 686 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be things rather than mere words. It is a part of the national mind, and the anchor of national...verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments, and all that has been... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It 9Y29,;7 > > > Nay, it is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose gross fanaticism its intrinsic... | |
 | 1881 - 882 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than words-. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national...trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representativo of his best moments; and all that there lias beea about him of soft and gentle and pure... | |
 | John Lathern - 1881 - 194 páginas
...the convert hardly knows how to forego. Its felicities seem almost things instead of words ; it is a part of the national mind and the anchor of national...childhood are stereotyped in its verses ; the power of all griefs and trials of man are hidden beneath its words. In the length and breadth of the land there... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1881 - 992 páginas
...grotesque fanaticism its intrinsic beauty pleads avail ingly with the man of letters and the scholar. The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped in it* verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath u- words. It is the representative... | |
 | 1881 - 532 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness; nay, it is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose grotesque fanaticism its intrinsic... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson - 1882 - 430 páginas
...grotesque fanaticism its intrinsic beauty pleads uvailingly with the man of letters and the scholar. The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent...beneath its words. It is the representative of his beet moments, and all that there has been about him of soft, and gentle, and pure, and penitent, and... | |
 | E. E. W. - 1883 - 150 páginas
...We shall transcribe a portion, because of the echo we believe it will find in the reader's heart : ' The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent...verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of man are hid beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments, and all that there has... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1883 - 650 páginas
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness. Nay, it is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose grotesque fanaticism its intrinsic... | |
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