 | 1905 - 1008 pagina’s
...there clings forever the poet's fragrarce of which Hawthoim spoke. 7H "Beautiful city !'' he exclaims, "so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! . . . steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1905 - 492 pagina’s
...Rugby and at Oxford — Oxford,' which, in his life-long submission to her charm, he characterized as "so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene!" Most of his life was spent as an inspector of schools, much of it in the patient drudgery of reading... | |
 | 1865 - 608 pagina’s
...unpopular names, and impossible loyalties." "Beautiful city! so venerable, so lovely, so uuravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so...! ' There are our young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 568 pagina’s
...as ' the home of lost causes,' though Jude did not remember this) was now apostrophizing her thus : 'Beautiful city! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! . . . Her ineffable charm keeps ever calling us to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection.'... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pagina’s
...' the home of lost causes,' though Jude did not remember this) was now apostrophizing her thus : ' Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so seiene ! . . . Her ineffable charm keeps ever calling us to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal,... | |
 | John M. Dillon - 1908 - 456 pagina’s
...years 1883-1884 and 1886. It is relevant to insert here a few lines from Matthew Arnold on Oxford: No, we are all seekers still! seekers often make mistakes,...serene! "There are our young barbarians all at play!" And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1908 - 464 pagina’s
...interlude of direct apostrophe beginning, "Adorable dreamer!" But I really must show this fine passage : "Beautiful city ! sO venerable, so lovely, so unravaged..." ' There are our young barbarians, all at play.' And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from... | |
 | 1908 - 554 pagina’s
...William Wordsworth. Oxford *c* <c* *s* <^ *c,. *s* (From Preface to Essays in Criticism) T) EAUTIFUL city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the...serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play ! " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering... | |
 | Ellen Thompson - 1909 - 230 pagina’s
...your mind a prose tribute he has paid to Oxford. He is speaking of the search for truth, and says : " We are all seekers still ! Seekers often make mistakes,...fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! And yet steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 492 pagina’s
...not to give us an image of Oxford ; it is to explain to us the influence of Oxford through the ages. Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged...serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play I " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering... | |
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Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play ! " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and... 
