 English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form; and, finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilizations, and of a great past, stretching back...  The Cambrian - Page 1341901Full view - About this book
 | 1904 - 738 pages
...as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians; that it is written in the noblest and 'purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...hind, who never left his village, to be ignorant of other countries and other civilisations of a great past, stretching back to the furthest limits of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 870 pages
...that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of a merely literary form ; and, finally, that it forbids the...ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilisations, and of a great past, stretching back to the furthest limits of the oldest nations of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1901 - 1076 pages
...in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form ; aml,j finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who never...be ignorant of the existence of other countries and oih« civilisations, and of a great pas!, stretching back to the furtheS limits of the oldest nations... | |
 | J. J. Smith - 1871 - 302 pages
...that is best and noblest in English history; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...civilizations, and of a great past, stretching back to the farthest limits of the oldest nations in the world. By the study of what other book could children... | |
 | John Murdoch - 1875 - 366 pages
...as Dante and Tasso were once to the Italians ; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...; and finally that it forbids the veriest hind who ever left his native village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilizations,... | |
 | New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1877 - 696 pages
...that ia best and noblest in English history ; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...countries and other civilizations, and of a great past, stretehing back to the furthest limits of the oldest nations of the world. By the stndy of what 36... | |
 | John Charles Ryle (bp. of Liverpool.) - 1877 - 98 pages
...Dantti and Tasso once were to the Italians ; — that it is written in the best and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...hind who never left his village to be ignorant of other countries and other civilizations, and of a great past, stretching back to the furthest limits... | |
 | George Bate (F.S.S.) - 1883 - 212 pages
...that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of a merely literary form ; and finally, that it forbids the veriest...ignorant of the existence of other countries and other civilisation, and of a great past, stretching back to the furthest limits of the oldest nations in... | |
 | William Henry Platt - 1883 - 352 pages
...as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary...hind, who never left his village, to be ignorant of other countries and other civilization, and of a great past, stretching back to the farthest limits... | |
 | Justin Dewey Fulton - 1884 - 226 pages
...in exquisite beauties of new literary form; and finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who ever left his village to be ignorant of the existence of...other countries and other civilizations, and of a groat past stretching back to the farthest limits of the oldest nations of the world. By the stndy... | |
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