I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible confidence that my writings (and among them these little poems) will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society, wherever found ; and that they will, in their degree, be efficacious... Studies in Poetry and Philosophy - Page 54by John Campbell Shairp - 1872 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
| T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...our intellectual constitution. And he further expresses ' an invincible confidence that his writings will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier'. The cottage at Town End, Grasmere, proving too small for comfort in winter, the poet and his family,... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...yours will be the same. I doubt not you will share with me an invincible confidence that my writings will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." A great deal has been written upon Wordsworth ; for, in truth, no one who has ouce been fairly touched... | |
| Frederick William Robertson - Criticism - 1876 - 368 pages
...sensible as iron to these petty stings ; and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." In a subsequent letter to Sir George Beaumont, he says, " Let the poet first consult his own heart,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 350 pages
...insensible as iron to these petty stings ; and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." Here is an odd reversal of the ordinary relation between an unpopular poet and his little public of... | |
| William Wordsworth - English literature - 1876 - 366 pages
...insensible as iron to these petty stings ; and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier. Farewell ! I will not apologise for this letter, though its length demands an apology. Believe me,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 348 pages
...I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will {hare with me an invincible confluence that my writings (and among them these little poems)...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." Here is an odd reversal of the ordinary relation between an unpopular poet and his little public of... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 pages
...insensible as iron to these petty stings ; and after what I have said I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." Once more, he says to Sir George Beaumont: "Let the poet first consult his own heart as I have done,... | |
| William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - England - 1878 - 284 pages
...My ears are stone-deaf to their idle buzz, and my flesh as insensible as iron to their petty stings. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...society wherever found; and that they will, in their degrees, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and / happier." Again, in the same strain, to... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1878 - 790 pages
...have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that you will sluire with me an invin'.ible confidence that my writings (and among them these...their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, bet.er, and happier. Farewell! I will not apologize for this letter, though its length demands an apology.... | |
| William Angus Knight - Aesthetics - 1879 - 456 pages
...My ears are stonedeaf to their idle buzz, and my flesh as insensible as iron to their petty stings. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier.' Again, in the same strain, to Sir George Beaumont he writes : ' Let the poet first consult his own... | |
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