 Virgil, as if a prophet or magician ; his single words and phrases, his pathetic half lines, giving utterance, as the voice of Nature herself, to that pain and weariness, yet hope of better things, which is the experience of her children in every time.  Notes from a Diary, 1889-1891 - Page 64by Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1901Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 878 pages
...elements of Virgil's poetry as his single words and phrases, his pathetic half-lines giving utterance to the voice of Nature herself, to that pain and weariness, yet hope of better things, which is the expression of her children in every time." Mr. Austin will hardly gain the critical reputation of which... | |
 | Charles Beard - 1870 - 626 pages
...opinion about Virgil, as if a prophet or magician ; his single words and phrases, his pathetic halflines, giving utterance, as the voice of Nature herself,...which is the experience of her children in every time. " And what the experience of the world effects for the illustration of classical authors, that office... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Faith - 1870 - 514 pages
...rival. Perhaps this is the reason of the medieval opinion about Virgil, as if a prophet or magiclan; his single words and phrases, his pathetic half lines,...which is the experience of her children in every time. 5. And what the experience of the world effects for the illustration of classical authors, that office... | |
 | Christianity - 1870 - 628 pages
...opinion about Virgil, as if a prophet or magician ; his single words and phrases, his pathetic halflines, giving utterance, as the voice of Nature herself,...which is the experience of her children in every time. " And what the experience of the world effects for the illustration of classical authors, that office... | |
 | 1870 - 844 pages
...elements of Virgil's poetry as his single words and phrases, his pathetic half-lines giving utterance to the voice of Nature herself, to that pain and weariness, yet hope of better things, which is the expression of her children in every time." Mr. Austin will hardly gain the critical reputation of which... | |
 | John Weiss - United States - 1871 - 348 pages
...vivid exactness. Then he comes to understand how it is that lines, the birth of some chance morning or evening at an Ionian festival, or among the Sabine...is the experience of her children in every time." * This is an excellent statement of the reflex action of personal experience upon sacred books. In... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, Anthony Adams-Reilly - Alps - 1873 - 628 pages
...enthusiastic could then feel the full force of Virgil's ' single words and phrases, his pathetic half-lines, giving utterance, as the voice of Nature herself,...is the experience of her children in every time.' It is only one who has seen much of life, and felt it deeply, who finds such meaning in his words.... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - Anglo-Catholicism - 1874 - 484 pages
...all its obvious advantages, is utterly unable to rival. Perhaps this is the reason of the medieval opinion about Virgil, as if a prophet or magician...which is the experience of her children in every time. And what the experience of the world effects for the illustration of classical authors, that office... | |
 | 1920 - 742 pages
...indeed a word artificer, and magician of speech. His idioms and phrases, his pathetic half-lines, give utterance as the voice of Nature herself, to that...which is the experience of her children in every time. THOMAS P. WHELAX. TWO ANNIVERSARIES. II. — RAPHAKL. Thus we come to Raphael. The age which he dominated... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Theology - 1875 - 498 pages
...understand how it is that lines, the birth of some chance morning or evening at an Ionian lestival, or among the Sabine hills, have lasted generation...which is the experience of her children in every time. And what the experience of the world effects for the illustration of classical authors, that office... | |
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