 And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from...  The Deathless Book - Page 43by David Otis Mears - 1916 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature, Modern - 1904 - 738 pages
...from the man whom they admit to be an eminent authority: " Consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to gentle and simple, from John... | |
 | 1880 - 506 pages
...for the king and the subject, for the magistrate and the citizen. There is no book that has been so woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history ; and there is no book that has been so worked into all that is purest and grandest of human literature.... | |
 | Literature - 1911 - 856 pages
...Huxley in the "Contemporary Reriew" for December 1870: Consider (he says) the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and Ls familiar to noble and simple from John o' Groat's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1911 - 870 pages
...in the ' Contemporary Review ' for December 1870 : Consider (he gays) the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple from John o' Groat's... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Science - 1901 - 1076 pages
...residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three centurio this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John... | |
 | 1901 - 1022 pages
...centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from Johno'-Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians: that it is written... | |
 | 1911 - 1122 pages
...that the great scientist Huxley wrote in the following words : Consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into the life of all that is noblest and best in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain ; that it is... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 674 pages
...literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries, this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'-Groat's... | |
 | J. J. Smith - Protestant churches - 1871 - 302 pages
...remains a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three centuries this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Literary Criticism - 1873 - 342 pages
...literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries, this book has been woven into...of all that is best and noblest in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'-... | |
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