 Groat's House to Land's End, 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 form ; and, finally, that it forbids the veriest hind who never left his...  Essays and Addresses, 1900-1903 - Page 285by Sir John Lubbock - 1903 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1896 - 212 pages
...residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of...noblest in English history; that it has become the natural Epic of Britain, and is as familiar to the noble and simple, from John-o'-Groat's House, to... | |
 | Christian union - 1892 - 460 pages
...essential base of conduct, can be kept up without the Bible. For three centuries this book has been enwoven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history. It forbids the very hind, who never left his native village, to be ignorant of the existence of other... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1897 - 388 pages
...vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of...it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple from John o' Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once... | |
 | Swami Vivekananda - Philosophy - 1897 - 144 pages
...Bible as a text-book, thus spoke of its claims : " Consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of...it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple, from John O'Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once... | |
 | Huxley, Thomas H. - 1898
...residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries, this book has been woven into the life...Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'-Groat'a House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians ; that it is written... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - English literature - 1899 - 406 pages
...been educated, and its influence has increased with every year. Consider [says Huxley], that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of...Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple from John-o'-Groat's house to Land's End as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians ; that it is written... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 578 pages
...feeling, which is the essential basis of conduct, can be kept up without the use of the Bible. For three centuries this book has been woven into the life of...all that is best ; a.nd noblest in English history. It forbids the veriest hind who :never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other 'countries... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 438 pages
...feeling, which is the essential basis of conduct, can be kept up without the use of the Bible. For three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history. It forbids the veriest hind who never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...feeling, which is the essential basis of conduct, can be kept up without the use of the Bible. For three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history. It forbids the veriest hind who never left his village to be ignorant of the existence of other countries... | |
 | Frank Ballard - Apologetics - 1900 - 396 pages
...fairly taken as the least that can be said — " Consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history. By the study of what other book could children be so much humanised and made to feel that each figure... | |
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