 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
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...his poems : — " They will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society, and will, in their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." CONTENTS. PREFACE POEMS OF BALLAD FORM. We are Seven 3 Lucy Gray 5 Anecdote for Fathers 8 Alice Fell... | |
 | 1879 - 556 pages
...concerning his poems : — " They will cooperate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society, and will, in their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." MATTHEW ARNOLD. 204 THE DIARY OF A MAN OF FIFTY. FLORENCE, April 5th, 1874.— They told me I should... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1879 - 834 pages
...concerning his poems : " They will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society, and will, in their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier. ' ' — Macmillan's Magazine. BV SIR HENRY THOMSON. (Concluded.) THE remainder of the second portion... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...his poems : — " They will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society, and will, in their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier. " CONTENTS. PAGE PHEFACE v TOEMS OF BALLAD FORM. We are Seven 3 Lucy Gray 5 Anecdote for Fathers 8... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1889 - 460 pages
...as iron to these petty stings ; and, after all that 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,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 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... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 pages
...the poet who so nobly fulfilled it — William Wordsworth. ' I doubt not,' he wrote to a friend, ' that you will share with me an invincible confidence...little poems, will cooperate with the benign tendencies of human nature and society, wherever found; and that they will, in their degree, be efficacious in... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 pages
...poet who so nobly fulfilled it — William Wordsworth. " I doubt not, ' ' he wrote to a friend, ' ' that you will share with me an invincible confidence...poems, will co-operate with the benign tendencies of human nature and society, wherever found ; and that they will in their degree, be effieacieths'-iii... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - Authors, English - 1885 - 328 pages
...and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will The tcapt The scope of his ambition. be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 1772—1834. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. " COLERIDGE'S face, when he repeats his V_x... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - Authors, English - 1885 - 328 pages
...sure yours will Thescopf of his ambitim. WILL IAM WORDSWORTH. The scope ofhis ambition. be the same. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." $4 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 1772—1834. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. " /~*OLERIDGE'S face, when he repeats his... | |
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