 | 1864 - 868 sider
...like the sound of church bells, which the convert hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It...national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness. Nay, it is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose grotesque fanaticism, its intrinsic... | |
 | 1855 - 534 sider
...church bell, which the convert hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often •••'•riu to be almost things rather than mere words. It is...are stereotyped in its verses. The power of all the gifts and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments,... | |
 | 1861 - 716 sider
...like the sound of church-bells which the convert hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It...The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It ifl the representative of his best moments, and all that there has been... | |
 | 1870 - 878 sider
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities seem to be almost things instead of words ; it is a part of the national mind, and the anchor of national...the power of all the griefs and trials of a man is bidden beneath its words ... In the length and breadth of the land there is not a Protestant with one... | |
 | 1854 - 518 sider
...subject to neglect or contempt among the jchildren of the departed. " The memory of the dead has passed into it The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped...The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It is the companion and the consecration of his best moments; and all that... | |
 | 1911 - 856 sider
...forgotten, like the sound of church bells which the convert scarcely knows how he can forego. . . . The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent...traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its verses. lt is the representative of a man's best moments; all that there is about him of soft and gentle and... | |
 | 1881 - 792 sider
...the convert knows not how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness. Nay, it is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose grotesque fanaticism its intrinsic... | |
 | 1855 - 336 sider
...bells, which the convert hardly tnows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost tilings rather than mere words. It Is part of the national...national seriousness. . . . The memory of the dead paases Into it. The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped In Its verses. The power of all... | |
 | 1856 - 504 sider
...recommend Mr. Harness to refute, if he can, tins eloquent argument in favour of our old English book : " It lives in the ear like a music that can never be...The power of all the griefs and trials of a man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments, and all that there has been... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - 1853 - 154 sider
...hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities seem to be almost things, rather than mere words. It is a part of the national mind, and the anchor of national...verses. The power of all the griefs and trials of man is hidden beneath its words. It is the representative of his best moments, and all there has been... | |
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Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness. .... The memory of the dead passes into it. The potent traditions of childhood are stereotyped in its verses.... 
