If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties... The Etonian - Page 2251820Full view - About this book
| James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...feed, Till his eye stream'd with tears. In this deep vale He died, — this seat his only monument. If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young...imagination have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warn'd; and know, that pride. Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he who feels... | |
| English literature - 1834 - 864 pages
...halter. Accordingly, cordingly, to whom is it that Mr.-Wordsworth addresses his admonition ? — • IF thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure — ' It is one thus eminently endowed — one whose gift of imagination has filled his mind with pure... | |
| 1834 - 426 pages
...grade than those with which they are endowed, it is nevertheless of rare occurrence, and great utility. He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used. It is not meant to deny that there is both pleasure and profit in having access and... | |
| 1836 - 708 pages
...may learn; to dwell on other feelings than Human love, hatred, and revenge. It is no longer a mystery "That pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty,...contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he haa never used: that thought with him IB in its infancy." There are those now that can lead forth their... | |
| 1837 - 418 pages
...yearning toward those little immaturities ; and notwithstanding Wordsworth's profound saying — " That he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath...Which he has never used ; that thought, with him, Ig m its infancy" — We do rather despise a man that looks with a cold eye and a curled lip upon a... | |
| sir John William Kaye - 1837 - 922 pages
...asked Lawrence. "A very great poet," replied Ella, "and he tells us, as well as I can remember, that be who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never tried — that thought with him Is in its infancy — " " I don't quite agree with that," remarked... | |
| Joseph Belcher - 1837 - 444 pages
...mountains, but who would forget its flowers ? In the world of animate and of inanimate existence, " He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used; and thought with him Is in its infancy." — WOBDSVYORTH. Only a mess of pottage cost... | |
| 1834 - 602 pages
...with the food of pride sustained his soul In solitude' — conclude with the following moral : — 1 If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young...Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride, Howe er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing,... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - Salem (Mass.) - 1840 - 186 pages
...consequence at his advanced age. CHAPTER X. Pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; and he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used. O, be wiser, then ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love: True dignity abides with him alone,... | |
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