 Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 181896Full view - About this book
 | American fiction - 1927 - 554 pages
...words in tribute to the Tractarian mystic which he wrote towards the end of his life. "Who," he asked, "could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? Happy the man who in that susceptible season of youth hears such voices!... | |
 | William Pinckney Fishback - 1895 - 176 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and rational institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still saying, "After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still, saying: "After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - English literature - 1896 - 244 pages
...now under discussion, is, therefore, very slight indeed. in one of his most beautiful prose passages, "the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful. I seem to hear him still saying — ' After the fever of life, after weariness... | |
 | Clement King Shorter - English - 1897 - 244 pages
...like his father before him, one of the leaders of the movement which Newman has hated so intensely, "who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still, saying: 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English essays - 1897 - 464 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and 20 natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the 25 silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1897 - 176 pages
...many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says: pu'.pit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - India - 1899 - 412 pages
...whether through their fault or mine, said much to me. Here is Mat Arnold's description of Newman : — "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, ntrancing i oughts whii iful ? I see life, after v, dings, languc ; after all t unhealthy st; : white... | |
 | R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 pages
...church, and many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says : Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, 'After the fever of life, after wearinesses... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 644 pages
...church, and many are the testimonies to the thrilling effect of his sermons there. Matthew Arnold says : pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices,...silence with words and thoughts which were a religious musie, subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying, ' After the fever of life, after... | |
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