 Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 6921904Full view - About this book
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1897 - 176 pages
...many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says: pu'.pit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking...subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fightings and despondings, languor... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - India - 1899 - 412 pages
...whether through their fault or mine, said much to me. Here is Mat Arnold's description of Newman : — "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, ntrancing i oughts whii iful ? I see life, after v, dings, languc ; after all t unhealthy st; : white... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - India - 1899 - 396 pages
...whether through their fault or mine, said much to me. Here is Mat Arnold's description of Newman : — in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying : 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 pages
...church, and many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says : Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fightings and despondings, languor... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 644 pages
...church, and many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says : pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices,...silence with words and thoughts which were a religious musie, subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, ' After the fever of life, after... | |
 | Lilian Whiting - Books and reading - 1901 - 432 pages
...is a great name to the imagination still ; his genius and his style are still things of power . . . Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still saying : 'After the fever of life . . . at length the white throne of God, the beatific vision. . .... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 pages
...for us the most national and natural institution in the VOL. iv 349 2 A world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying : ' After the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fightings and despondings, languor... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - Great Britain - 1903 - 248 pages
...Arnold, who was never one of his followers, to paint the picture of him which will be longest remembered. "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...words and thoughts which were a religious music— -subtile, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still, saying : ' After the fever of life, after weariness... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - Poets, English - 1904 - 350 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still. . . . Or, if we followed him back to his seclusion at Littlemore, that dreary village by the London... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - 1904 - 332 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still. . . . Or, if we followed him back to his seclusion at Littlemore, that dreary village by the London... | |
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