 | John William Lester - 1848 - 112 lehte
...fine passage on a seashell, and observe how strikingly this opinion is borne out : — 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The conTolutions of a smooth lipped shell ; To which in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 lehte
...speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! I have seen Л curious child, who dwelt upon a tract ( )f inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions...soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Ilrightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmuring», whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 lehte
...the glory of its illuminating sun. " I have seen," says the poet Wordsworth, A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | George Johnston - 1850 - 634 lehte
...whelk, of storms at sea, and of the fluxes of the tide ! For, with Wordsworth, I have oftimes seen " A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 lehte
...inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! I have seen smooth-lipp'd shell; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely; and his countenance... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 lehte
...that they told of the rising tide. Our philosophic poet Wordsworth alluded to this : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a thick-lipp'd shell, To which in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 lehte
...faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative, pains, Opinion, ever changing ! — I have seen murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences! whereby To his belief, the Monitor expressed... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1851 - 328 lehte
...everlasting ruin ! CHAPTER IV. !>iltnpDtljt} bitmttn 33mnt unit <fattlj. "I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for, murmuring from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 lehte
...nature is weak or wanting. D I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland-ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened inlently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 lehte
...inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely; and his countenance... | |
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I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings... 
