| 1856 - 838 σελίδες
...individuals or of nations — the real is all in all ; and it is nothing but the real, just as in the case of Peter Bell, — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." It. will be observed that; hi contrasting the two poles of realism,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1827 - 650 σελίδες
...The meanest flower that blows, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears ;' while, with Peter Bell, ' A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.' It was with Bloomfield as with Peter Bell ; it was with Milton as it... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1827 - 648 σελίδες
...The meanest flower that blows, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears ;' while, with Peter Bell, ' A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.' It was with Bloomfield as with Peter Bell ; it was with Milton as it... | |
| George Moore - 1852 - 428 σελίδες
...closely into the meek and tender beauties about you, lest you should be no more of a philosopher than Peter Bell: — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." And yet it is a keen preacher, and quietly upbraids us all with want... | |
| GEORGE MOORE - 1852 - 466 σελίδες
...closely into the meek and tender beauties about you, lest you should be no more of a philosopher than Peter Bell : — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." And yet it is a keen preacher, and quietly upbraids us all with want... | |
| Lingual reader - 1853 - 222 σελίδες
...and weep ; live and die. Who asks what is in it? in a smile? in a tear? The most of children are like Peter Bell. "A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him ; And it was nothing more." It is just so with reading. Who asks what is in it? George reads. He... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 432 σελίδες
...being wet-shod. We have heard more blockheads than one ask the meaning of those often quoted lines in Peter Bell — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." Such sumphs cannot conceive how it should be anything more to anybody... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 416 σελίδες
...being wet-shod. We have heard more blockheads than one ask the meaning of those often quoted lines in Peter Bell — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." Such sumphs cannot conceive how it should be anything more to anybody... | |
| John Wilson - 1856 - 412 σελίδες
...being wet-shod. We have heard more blockheads than one ask the meaning of those often quoted lines in Peter Bell — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." Such sumphs cannot conceive how it should be anything more to anybody... | |
| Woodcroft, One of Themselves - 1860 - 322 σελίδες
...feeling." " In you, you mean. As for me, I have a profound sympathy with that much-maligned individual, Peter Bell : — ' A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.' As for that sort of meaning that you find in things, Edith, it is all... | |
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