 Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.  Catalogue - Page 1041873 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 842 pages
..." world of books" — reminds me of 14. " Books are a real world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." Wordsworth. 15. "Oh! who shall tell the glory of the good man's course, when, as his mortal... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 288 pages
...? Well does a modern writer exclaim — * Books are a real world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow !' ' Richardson's wit was unlike that of any other writer ; — his humour was so too. Both... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 264 pages
...scenes that 1 have witnessed, and some of the acts that I have done. • « STANLEY. CHAPTER I. Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books we know Are a...Our pastime and our happiness will grow. WORDSWORTH. • * I WAS born near the village of Merton, a small town in one of the Atlantic States, not far distant... | |
 | Etienne-Léon baron de Lamothe-Langon - 1838 - 272 pages
...fancy a twilight would be by Claude Lorraine. May I conclude with Wordsworth's noble lines'? 'Dreams, books, are each a world, and books we know Are a substantial word, both pure and good; Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 pages
...wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood Which, with the lofty, sanctifies the law. Dreams, books, are each a world, and books we know Are a substantial...and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There find I personal themes, a plenteous store, Matter wherein right voluble I am, To which I listen... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...mood Which, with the lofty, sanctifies the low. [know,Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round...and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There find I personal themes, a plenteous store, Matter wherein right voluble I am, To which I listen... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 376 pages
...wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Hound these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1841 - 778 pages
...wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are...and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There find 1 personal themes, a plenteous store ; Matter wherein right voluble I am ; To which I listen... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a...and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There find I personal themes, a plenteous store, Matter wherein right voluble I am, To which I listen... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...an ordinary man than an enchanting poet. " Pooks are a ri'al world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow!" Richardson's wit was unlike that of any other writer;—his humour was so too. Both were... | |
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