 | Frederick William Robertson - 1873 - 726 страници
...by degrees, instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. Do you remember Wordsworth's — Think you 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? We do not trust God ; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1873 - 384 страници
...degrees, instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. Do you remember Wordsworth's — • Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? We do not trust God ; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He... | |
 | Marion Jean C. Adams- Acton - 1873 - 346 страници
...other things. If Camilla was " Jack of all trades," Cecil certainly was " master of two." CHAPTER V. "Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? " IT was quite dark before we left the coffee-house on the icefields.... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1873 - 752 страници
...instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. • Do you remember Wordsworth's — Think yon 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, Bat we must still be seeking? We do not trust God; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He seeks... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1877 - 452 страници
...his own contributions. NO. 6. APRIL, 1878. VOL. III. DIVERS TRUTHS WITH VARIED APPLICATIONS. III. " I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress That we must feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Think you 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 страници
...plougbshare, died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love. Poems composed in Summer of1^T,. xxxvii. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Expostulation and Reply. 1 The pen wherewith thou dost so heaveuly sing Made of a quill from an Angel's... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1874 - 620 страници
...reprehensible indifference to figures, facts, and calculations. But I hold with Wordsworth : — Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. One of the most characteristic parts of the Fair is the long wooden bridge across the Oka, which connects... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1874 - 482 страници
...reprehensible indifference to figures, facts, and calculations. But I hold with Wordsworth : — Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...impress, — That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise fassiveness. One of the most characteristic parts of the Fair is the long wooden bridge across the... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1874 - 378 страници
...forms of nature. Rather, I believe, his feeling would be — silence is best. Has he not reminded us that ' There are powers Which of themselves our minds...we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness ' ? It was just because he could present to nature so broad and tranquil an expanse of receptive silence... | |
 | Michael S. Kearns - 1987 - 278 страници
...bid the ear be still; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will. Nor less I dream that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. As Wordsworth expresses the concept, it is paradoxical: How can the mind be fed by passiveness, and... | |
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Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. 
