Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 168
... sense is not always possessed , and is not always needed , by poets . The imagina- tion and the senses are the means from which , as a rule , they derive their inspiration . But Tennyson looked at life not only with the eye of the seer ...
... sense is not always possessed , and is not always needed , by poets . The imagina- tion and the senses are the means from which , as a rule , they derive their inspiration . But Tennyson looked at life not only with the eye of the seer ...
Page 302
... sense ) , and seldom trans- gressed . It is a code filled with all those attributes which go to make a perfect gentleman , not in the sense of a “ nature's gentleman " , gentle by goodness and integrity , but with those refinements of ...
... sense ) , and seldom trans- gressed . It is a code filled with all those attributes which go to make a perfect gentleman , not in the sense of a “ nature's gentleman " , gentle by goodness and integrity , but with those refinements of ...
Page 308
... sense of duty faithfully performed , for the welfare of their town or district , and , therefore , for the welfare of their country . And this is true patriotism . Let it not be forgotten that a nation is made up of individuals , and ...
... sense of duty faithfully performed , for the welfare of their town or district , and , therefore , for the welfare of their country . And this is true patriotism . Let it not be forgotten that a nation is made up of individuals , and ...
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