The Silent IsleG. P. Putnam's sons, 1910 - 444 páginas |
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Página 5 - He acts upon the principle that if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well : — and the thing that he " does" especially well is the public.
Página 46 - The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise. To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air ? He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise.
Página 37 - ... against the orange glow. The beloved house seemed to welcome me back, and as I came across the footpath, through the pasture, I saw in the brightly-lighted kitchen the hands of some one whose face I could not see, in the golden circle of lamplight, deftly moving, preparing something, for my use perhaps. Yet for all that I am ill at ease; and as I walked to-day, far and fast in the sun-warmed lanes, my thoughts came yapping and growling round me like a pack of curs — undignified, troublesome,...
Página 21 - Chaucer's own pieces offer only the vainest exaggeration of a natural personal liking of a man for a woman, or a woman for a man...
Página 441 - A Selection from the Catalogue of GP PUTNAM'S SONS Complete Catalogues sent on application By Arthur Twining Hadley (President of Yale University) Economics.
Página 443 - This beautiful and remarkable book. . . . Hardly any book since In Memoriam has presented such notable claims to the consideration of popular theology. The book really possesses uncommon beauty, and is not likely to be forgotten in a single season or a single year.
Página 46 - Fight on, my men, Sir Andrew says, A little I'm hurt, but yet not slain; I'll but lie down and bleed awhile, And then I'll rise and fight again. Fight on, my men, Sir Andrew says, And never flinch before the foe ; And stand fast by St.
Página 10 - ... thing to be desired by all. We must try to see things as they are, not obscured by prejudice or privilege or sentiment or selfishness; and sin does not cloud the vision so much as stupidity and conceit. I have a dream, then, of what I desire and aspire to, though it is hard to put it into words. I want to learn to distinguish between what is important and unimportant, between what is beautiful and ugly, between what is true and false.
Página 329 - ... frolic fantasies, shreds of purple and gold from tapestries of the imagination. — Article in the Tablet. SCREEN, QUILT. — The stupid book is tiresome enough because it ends by making one feel that there is a real human being that one cannot get at behind all the tedious paragraphs, like someone stirring and coughing behind a screen — or even more like the outline of a human figure covered up with a quilt, so that one can just infer which is the head and which the feet, but with the outlines...
Página 153 - Even our puritan forefathers, with their hatred of art, were in love with ideas. They sipped theology with the air of connoisseurs ; they drank down Hebrew virtues with a vigorous relish.