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... departed Husband ; — some too of my own , to which I know you will be
indulgent ; but my chief reason for dedicating it to you is , that it contains , though
only in a brief and fragmentary form , an account of the Life and Opinions of your
friend ...
... departed Husband ; — some too of my own , to which I know you will be
indulgent ; but my chief reason for dedicating it to you is , that it contains , though
only in a brief and fragmentary form , an account of the Life and Opinions of your
friend ...
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He immediately proceeds , however , to give an account of the authors whom he
successively studied , when he had “ found no abiding place for his reason ' in
the “ schools of Locke , Berkeley , Leibnitz , and Hartley ; " and then , * From Mr ...
He immediately proceeds , however , to give an account of the authors whom he
successively studied , when he had “ found no abiding place for his reason ' in
the “ schools of Locke , Berkeley , Leibnitz , and Hartley ; " and then , * From Mr ...
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... I have no intention to dispute , nor is it for the sake of maintaining my father's
claims as a metaphysical seer , that I trouble myself with the above position ; for
another reason , more deeply concerning , I must contend , that his having
neither ...
... I have no intention to dispute , nor is it for the sake of maintaining my father's
claims as a metaphysical seer , that I trouble myself with the above position ; for
another reason , more deeply concerning , I must contend , that his having
neither ...
Page xlix
... been fixed by an outward revelation , —the commentary of tradition upon
Scripture , —and that we are not to look upon the reason and conscience of man ,
interpreted by the understanding , as the everlasting organ of the Spirit of Truth ?
... been fixed by an outward revelation , —the commentary of tradition upon
Scripture , —and that we are not to look upon the reason and conscience of man ,
interpreted by the understanding , as the everlasting organ of the Spirit of Truth ?
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The party which Christ instituted was not invisible , but it differs essentially from
all parties within the precincts of Christendom for this very reason , that it was
undeniably instituted by Him , and that they who composed it had to defend the
moral ...
The party which Christ instituted was not invisible , but it differs essentially from
all parties within the precincts of Christendom for this very reason , that it was
undeniably instituted by Him , and that they who composed it had to defend the
moral ...
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Page 197 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn, nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed ; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense.
Page 151 - For not to think of what I needs must feel, But to be still and patient, all I can; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man — This was my sole resource, my only plan : Till that which suits a part infects the whole, And now is almost grown the habit of my soul.
Page 372 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea, with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects; a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order; judgement ever awake and steady self-possession, with enthusiasm and feeling profound or vehement...
Page 372 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Page 491 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 497 - Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; 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...
Page 364 - I hoped, might be of some use to ascertain, how far, by fitting to metrical arrangement a selection of the real language of men in a state of vivid sensation, that sort of pleasure and that quantity of pleasure may be imparted, which a Poet may rationally endeavour to impart.
Page 362 - DURING the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours, our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination.
Page 362 - I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to recreate; or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it Struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead.
Page 399 - Had climbed with vigorous steps ; which had impressed So many incidents upon his mind Of hardship, skill or courage, joy or fear; Which like a book preserved the memory Of the dumb animals, whom he had saved, Had fed or sheltered, linking to such acts...