 | Leigh Hunt - 1849 - 264 psl.
...real. We only feel books to be a constituent part of it; a world, as the poet says, " Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." What do readers care for " existing things " (except when Ireland is mentioned, or a child... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 psl.
...wilderness and wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. on of their peaceful selves; — Now was it that both...Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Ijuly married to the Moor; And heavenly Una with her milk-white Lamb. XLI. CONCLUDED. NOB can I not... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 446 psl.
...wilderness aud wood, Blank ocean aud 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. Hence have I genial seasons, hence have I Smooth passions, smooth discourse, and joyous thought: And... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 psl.
...and wood, Blank oeean, and mere sky, supply that mood, Which, with the lofty, sanctifies the low : Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know....with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime anil our happiness will grow. There do 1 find a never-failing source Of personal themes, and such as... | |
 | Samuel Ware Fisher - 1852 - 394 psl.
...as well be forgotten ! Mr. Wadsworth has expressed this sentiment well:" " Books, dreams, are both a world; and books, we know. Are a substantial world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." should be... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 psl.
...real. We only feel books to be a constituent part of it ; a world, as the poet says, " Bound which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." What do readers care for " existing things " (except when Ireland is mentioned, or a child... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 psl.
...real. We only feel books to be a constituent part of it; a world, as the poet says, " Bound which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." What do readers care for " existing things " (except when Ireland is mentioned, or a child... | |
 | 1853 - 618 psl.
...fellowship and reunion in the affections and antipathies inspired by the creations of the poet : — " For books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure...and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow." Fiction has yet another claim to our regard as a vehicle for the transmission of opinion ; the results... | |
 | 1853 - 560 psl.
...and serve as an introduction to the treasury of delightful poetry contained in the following pages. " Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know...pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as Hesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. ***** Two shall be named, pre-eminently dear,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 516 psl.
...Well does a modern writer exclaim — • Rooks are a real world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow 1' 1 Richardson's wit was unlike that of any other writer ; — his humour was so too. Both... | |
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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. 
