 | 1896 - 588 Seiten
...who was never one of his followers, to paint the picture of him which will be longest remembered. ' Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying : " After the fever of life, after... | |
 | 1905 - 880 Seiten
...English priest, English, but with overtones French and Jewish, whom Matthew Arnold remembered as a "spiritual apparition . . . gliding in the dim afternoon...were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful." Carlyle and Newman in conjunction would seem to be like a mastiff and a serpent in one harness. And... | |
 | 1884 - 506 Seiten
...renew what was to us the most national and natural institution in the world — the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful :t I seem to hear him still, saying : " After the fever of life, after... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1884 - 524 Seiten
...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying...the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fight1 Address delivered in Boston, USA No. 295.— YOL. L. ings and despondings, languor and fretfulness,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 234 Seiten
...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music,—subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying : ' After the fever of life, after... | |
 | Thomas Leach - 1887 - 194 Seiten
...it had been some apparition that had passed." Another Oxford Professor of Poetry, Mr. MatthewArnold, writes in a like strain : " Who could resist the charm...gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of S. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1888 - 546 Seiten
...had not the austerity and lonely strength needful for a prophet ; he would not be a pseudo-prophet ; therefore he chose his part — to remain in the world,...were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? 1 seem to hear him still, saying : ' After the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fightings... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1888 - 544 Seiten
...to remain in the world, to tolerate the worldlings, and yet to be their adversary and circum venter, or at least a thorn in their sides. Two men, whose...were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? 1 seem to hear him still, saying : ' After the fever of life, after wearinesses and sicknesses, fightings... | |
 | Joseph Smith Fletcher - 1890 - 236 Seiten
...Arnold has also left on record his impressions of Newman's charm as a preacher. " Who," he asks, " could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? Happy the man who, in the susceptible season of youth, hears such voices ! They are a possession... | |
 | 1890 - 880 Seiten
...likely to be read as long as he is read, than that which Mr. Arnold gave in a lecture in America : — " Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, 'After the fever of life, after weariness... | |
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Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a... 
