 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
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 462 pages
...these petty stings; and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that yon will share with me an invincible confidence that my...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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 432 pages
...petty stings ; and, after what I have said, I am sure yours will be the same. I doubt not that yon will share with me an invincible confidence that my...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... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - Literary Collections - 1891 - 192 pages
...about his own works, 'They will co-operate with the benign ten' dencies in nature and society, and will, in ' their degree, be efficacious in making men ' wiser, better, and happier.' The remaining novels, Romola, The Spanish Gypsy (apart from its unfortunate form), and Daniel Deronda,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Poetry - 1892 - 214 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...among them these little poems) will co-operate with 30 the benign tendencies in human nature and society, wherever found ; and that they will, in their... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1892 - 272 pages
...concerning his poems: "They will cooperate with the benign tendencies in human nature A and society, and will, in their degree, be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." \ VI. BYRON.* WHEN at last I held in my hand the volume of poems which I had chosen from Wordsworth,... | |
 | William Clarke - Poets, American - 1892 - 162 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." And Wordsworth had not only communed with the spirit of Nature, but had known love " in huts where... | |
 | Hammond Lamont - English language - 1894 - 220 pages
...fitting conclusion, as in Arnold's essay on Wordsworth, page 180, lines 2 1-24 : "They (Wordsworth's poems) 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." Often, however,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1895 - 670 pages
...stings. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible confidence that my writings (and amongst them these little poems) will co-operate with the...efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." There is no doubt that Wordsworth actually regarded himself as consecrated to his special work. He... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1895 - 654 pages
...My ears are stonedead to this idle buzz, and my flesh as insensible as iron to these petty stings. I doubt not that you will share with me an invincible confidence that my writings (and amongst them these little poems) will co-operate with the benign tendencies in human nature and society... | |
 | Charles Dent Bell - English poetry - 1895 - 296 pages
...will be fulfilled. " They will co-operate with the benign tendencies of human nature and society, and will in their degree be efficacious in making men wiser, better, and happier." THE END. Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, London, EC/ ... | |
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