 It is easy to talk — not very difficult to speechify — hard to speak; but to "discourse" is a gift rarely bestowed by Heaven on mortal man. Coleridge has it in perfection. While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and...  The Metropolitan - Page 1501834Full view - About this book
 | England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and your wife imagine yourself Adam and Eve listening to the affable archangel Raphael...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a river that " imposes silence with a stilly sound." Whether you understand... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1040 pages
...While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and your wife imagine yourself Adam and Eve listening to the affable archangel Raphael...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a river that " imposes silence with a stilly sound." Whether you understand... | |
 | 1835 - 494 pages
...man. Coleridge has it in perfection. While he is discoursing, the world loses all its common-places, and you and your wife imagine yourselves Adam and...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a river, that " imposes silence with a stilly sound." Whether you understand... | |
 | Great Britain - 1835 - 544 pages
...man. Coleridge has it in perfection. While he is discoursing, the world loses all its common-places, and you and your wife imagine yourselves Adam and Eve, listening to the affable archangel Raphael in tlie garden of Eden. You would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...man. Coleridge has it in perfection. While he is discoursing, tho world loses all its common-places, ether , awhile, than you would a river, that ' imposes silence with a stilly sound.' Whether you understand... | |
 | John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 406 pages
...While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and your wife imagine yourself Adam and Eve listening to the affable archangel Raphael...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a river that " imposes silence with a stilly sound." Whether you understand... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and your wife imagine yourself Adam and Eve listening to the affable archangel Raphael...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, thnu you would a river that " imposes silence with a stilly sound." Wheiher you understand... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...While he is discoursing, the world loses all its commonplaces, and you and your wife imagine yourself Adam and Eve listening to the affable archangel Raphael...would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you would a river that " imposes silence with a stilly sound'." Whether you understand... | |
 | William Mitchell - 1844 - 144 pages
...admirer, "Coleridge has in perfection. While he is discoursing, the'world loses all its common-places, and you and your wife imagine yourselves Adam and...the affable archangel Raphael in the garden of Eden. Whether you understand two consecutive sentences, we shall no*, stop too curiously to inquire; but... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...man. Coleridge has it in perfection. While he is discoursing, the world loses all its common-places, and you and your wife imagine yourselves Adam and Eve, listening to the affable archangel Kaphael in the garden of Eden. You would no more dream of wishing him to be mute for awhile, than you... | |
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