I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. The Atlantic Monthly - Page 831861Full view - About this book
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...mode of treatment is a matter which concerns all who would teach or who would learn " High thought and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire...fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man. " He represents a class whose lowest ranks are indeed impossible, but from whose upper ranks, the best... | |
| English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words A i HI courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.' The figure of the King is Miltonic in its shadowy aweinspiring outline as he moves off: — ' And more... | |
| 1876 - 818 pages
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