Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth,... Selections from the Kur-án - Page xcvby Edward William Lane - 1879 - 173 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1886 - 650 pages
...class, but his mode of treatment is a matter which concerns all who would teach or who would learn " High thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. " He represents a class whose lowest ranks are indeed impossible, but from whose upper ranks, the best... | |
| 1871 - 608 pages
...for indeed I knew .. _ Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words A i HI courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' The figure... | |
| 1861 - 1148 pages
...room. The grand aim of the book is well summed up in the lines from Tennyson, on the title-page : " Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And -ourtliness, and the desire of fame, AndMove of truth, and all that makes the man." PROP. JOHNSON'S... | |
| 1897 - 986 pages
...Idealized— humanized in a word— Is .a chief instrument of our ethical life: its office:— . . . not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words. And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Once more. Those great ethical... | |
| 1876 - 818 pages
...Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, N' it only to keep Jown the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man." ' But the fair design of Arthur in the institution of this order of knighthood was doomed to disappointment.... | |
| 1894 - 664 pages
...:— For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than ii the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high...thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the delire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Thus the Victorian poet, the representative... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 pages
...it the maiden passion for a maid ; Not only to keep down the base in moil. But loach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes the man." For one year longer the friends remained under the talented architect at N — ; it was than... | |
| 1894 - 664 pages
...Not only to keep down the base in nun, But teach high thought, and amiable word«, And courtlineu, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. Thua the Victorian poet, the representative singer of his generation. Now hear the Elizabethan, perhaps... | |
| J. D. Bell - 1850 - 488 pages
...HN NLEI U •T REV. JD BELL. "IN OTiDIBSTANDISG, BE MEN." St. Paul. "NOT ONLY TO KSEP DOWN THE BABE IN MAN, BUT TEACH HIGH THOUGHT, AND AMIABLE WORDS, AND COURTLINESS, AND THE DES1EE OF FAME, AND LOTI OF TRUTH, AMB ALL THAT HAKES A VAN." Tamynm. CPHILADELPHIA: JAMES CHALLEN... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. 21 IDEM GREECE REDDITCM. Oáprrtt. у- афрактос OVK «rti ¿ûvTOï yt/M»vKin'rni. (coYoïSa... | |
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