 | William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 pagina’s
...the inferior Faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! — I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor expressed... | |
 | 1815 - 670 pagina’s
...example of his success in subduing a most untractable thought, and enriching himself with its spoils. * I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor expressed... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1815 - 702 pagina’s
...thought, and enriching himself with its ppoils. ' I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract Oi' inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for nmrmurings from within • Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor... | |
 | 1843 - 844 pagina’s
...have written some worse myself. Landor. — So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, his very BOU! Listen'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pagina’s
...deserve careful examination. A single shell may afford much pleasure. A celebrated poet says, — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | 1842 - 418 pagina’s
...had foretold ! THE SEA-SHELL'S MURMUR, BY R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, LL.D. . I have seen A curious child, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for, murmuring from within, Were heard sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 224 pagina’s
...birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 222 pagina’s
...murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. — Even such...shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith." — The Excursion. Note 3, page 8, line 10. / see an oak be/'-,re me, ,Srt. " I recollect hearing a... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1825 - 224 pagina’s
...murmurings from within Were heard—sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. —Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith."—The Excursion. Note 3, page 8, line 10. / see an oak before me, Sfc. " I recollect hearing... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pagina’s
...murmurings from within Were heard —sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. — Even such...shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith." After these reflections, the hero (he has no name) enters into a narrative of the tragic scene which... | |
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I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings... 
