 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,...  Littell's Living Age - Page 1991868Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 608 lehte
...cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew .. _ Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew 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 words And courtliness,... | |
 | 1894 - 664 lehte
...from a literary point of view :— For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than ii the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down...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... | |
 | 1894 - 664 lehte
...from a literary point of view : — For indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than ia the maiden passion for a maid, 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... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 1194 lehte
...former transgressions with him. "For, indeed, I know Of no more subtle master, under heaven, Than 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... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 lehte
...only, cleave to her, And worship by her years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. 21 IDEM GREECE REDDITCM.... | |
 | 1859 - 620 lehte
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 304 lehte
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. And all this throve... | |
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