Bristol and Its Famous AssociationsJ. W. Arrowsmith, 1907 - 406 pages |
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admiration appointed artist associated with Bristol Ballads Baptist beautiful became Beddoes Bishop born in Bristol BRISTOL ART GALLERY Bristol Baptist College Bristol Cathedral Bristolian brother Carpenter Catcott cathedral celebrated century Chapel Charles Chatterton Clifton Coleridge Coleridge's College Colston Colston's School connected with Bristol Cottle Davy death died distinguished early England English Estlin fame famous father Garrick genius George George Müller guineas Hannah Henry honour Hotwells interest James JAMES COWLES PRICHARD John JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS King Landor later letter literary lived London Lord Lyrical Ballads married Mary Carpenter Mary Redcliff master memory merchant Müller Nether Stowey painted painter period poems poet portrait preached published Redcliff Church remarkable residence Robert Southey Royal Academy Samuel says ships sister Society Southey Street success Symonds theatre Thomas Thomas Chatterton took voyage Wesley whilst William Wordsworth writing wrote
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Page 391 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 377 - Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Page 119 - As he gave out this text, his voice ' rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes', and when he came to the two last words, which he pronounced loud, deep, and distinct, it seemed to me, who was then young, as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart, and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe.
Page 64 - O God, whose thunder shakes the sky, Whose eye this atom globe surveys ; To Thee, my only rock, I fly, Thy mercy in thy justice praise.
Page 391 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 63 - Sweet his tongue as the throstle's note ; Quick in dance as thought can be; Deft his tabor, cudgel stout; O, he lies by the willow-tree!
Page 347 - Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 121 - No poem of mine was composed under circumstances more pleasant for me to remember than this. I began it upon leaving Tintern, after crossing the Wye, and concluded it just as I was entering Bristol in the evening, after a ramble of four or five days, with my sister. Not a line of it was altered, and not any part of it written down till I reached Bristol.
Page 119 - His forehead was broad and high, light as if built of ivory, with large projecting eyebrows, and his eyes rolling beneath them like a sea with darkened luster. "A certain tender bloom his face o'erspread," a purple tinge as we see it in the pale thoughtful complexions of the Spanish portrait-painters, Murillo and Velasquez.
Page 8 - He coasted for three hundred leagues and landed; saw no human beings, but he has brought here to the King certain snares which had been set to catch game and a needle for making nets; he also found some felled trees, wherefore he supposed there were inhabitants, and returned to his ship in alarm.