A Record of Ellen WatsonAnna Jane Buckland Macmillan and Company, 1884 - 279 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page 3
... existence , an upward struggle , cut off from all achievement , and all is not lost if , just at the point where laborious days of preparation end— " Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin spun life . " This ...
... existence , an upward struggle , cut off from all achievement , and all is not lost if , just at the point where laborious days of preparation end— " Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin spun life . " This ...
Page 52
... desires . It is that , in spite of all the misery and wrong in the world , men are going forward to a nobler existence . If it is not for us , yet it will be for those who follow , and it is a great 52 [ CHAP . ELLEN WATSON .
... desires . It is that , in spite of all the misery and wrong in the world , men are going forward to a nobler existence . If it is not for us , yet it will be for those who follow , and it is a great 52 [ CHAP . ELLEN WATSON .
Page 53
... existence to Ellen Watson . She could not live without striving after her own best growth and development ; she must reach forth for herself to " that which is before ; " and she could not do this for herself alone , as the grati ...
... existence to Ellen Watson . She could not live without striving after her own best growth and development ; she must reach forth for herself to " that which is before ; " and she could not do this for herself alone , as the grati ...
Page 56
... existence . " It is a fact very characteristic of Ellen Watson that on her return home she made no allusion whatever to her remarkable success in her inter- course with her friends , and there is no reference to it either in any of her ...
... existence . " It is a fact very characteristic of Ellen Watson that on her return home she made no allusion whatever to her remarkable success in her inter- course with her friends , and there is no reference to it either in any of her ...
Page 57
... existence in this world . The question , Is this all ? pressed itself strongly upon her in the thought of the close of a life so rich in thought and work as Professor Clifford's , and once started , it gave a new longing to her mind ...
... existence in this world . The question , Is this all ? pressed itself strongly upon her in the thought of the close of a life so rich in thought and work as Professor Clifford's , and once started , it gave a new longing to her mind ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anna beautiful begin believe Bloemfontein Bournemouth Caversham Christ Christianity Church conviction course Crown 8vo Darmstadt dear death delightful desire Die Zauberflöte Diocesan School divine duties earnest Ellen Watson Espin faith father fear feel felt Florence gained GEORG EBERS girls Girolamo Savonarola Girton College give given Graham's Town happiness heart hidden highest Holy Communion hope human inspiration intellectual interest knowledge ladies laws letter light live London look mathematics mind Miss moral morning motive nature never OAKLEY HOUSE obedience once passed perfect physics pleasure Port Elizabeth Professor reach Ready religion rest revelation Savona Savonarola seems sense soon sorrow soul South Africa spirit struggle subjects sure sympathy teachers teaching tell things Thomas à Kempis thought tion truth Uitenhage University College usury week whole women write written
Popular passages
Page 245 - Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in...
Page 271 - GLORY be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
Page 196 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 245 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness...
Page 73 - Our voices took a higher range; Once more we sang: 'They do not die Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change ; 'Rapt from the fickle and the frail With gather'd power, yet the same, Pierces the keen seraphic flame From orb to orb, from veil to veil.
Page 263 - And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say : for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Page 248 - My spirit is too weak— mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagined pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship tells me I must die Like a sick eagle looking at the sky. Yet 'tis a gentle luxury to weep That I have not the cloudy winds to keep, Fresh for the opening of the morning's eye. Such dim-conceived glories of the brain, Bring round the heart an...
Page 245 - Therefore on every morrow are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'erdarkened ways Made for our searching. Yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.
Page 18 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...