From Goldsmith to Landor: Essays and ConversationsVere Henry Collins |
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... nature has put into our power , tranquillity and benevolence . To look up to the sky for the nutriment of our bodies is the condition of nature ; to call upon the sun for peace and gaiety , or deprecate the clouds lest sorrow should ...
... nature has put into our power , tranquillity and benevolence . To look up to the sky for the nutriment of our bodies is the condition of nature ; to call upon the sun for peace and gaiety , or deprecate the clouds lest sorrow should ...
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... nature's works , and the invariable general form which nature most frequently produces , and always seems to intend in her productions . Thus amongst the blades of grass or leaves of the same tree , though no two can be found exactly ...
... nature's works , and the invariable general form which nature most frequently produces , and always seems to intend in her productions . Thus amongst the blades of grass or leaves of the same tree , though no two can be found exactly ...
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... Nature I loved , and next to Nature , Art : I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks , and I am ready to depart . The Imaginary Conversations contain many inaccuracies . Landor himself said — ' I am a horrible confounder ...
... Nature I loved , and next to Nature , Art : I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks , and I am ready to depart . The Imaginary Conversations contain many inaccuracies . Landor himself said — ' I am a horrible confounder ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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