 Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of St. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a...  The Lure of London - Page 279by Lilian Whiting - 1914 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1896 - 588 pages
...who was never one of his followers, to paint the picture of him which will be longest remembered. ' Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still,... | |
 | 1887 - 890 pages
...had passed. " And another Oxford Professor of Poetry, Mr. Matthew Arnold, writes in a like strain : "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still, saying... | |
 | 1905 - 880 pages
...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still."... | |
 | 1884 - 506 pages
...renew what was to us the most national and natural institution in the world — the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful :t I seem to hear him still,... | |
 | 1887 - 620 pages
...that had passed." And another Oxford professor of poetry, Mr. Matthew Arnold, writes in a like strain: "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still, saying... | |
 | Thomas Leach - 1887 - 194 pages
...that had passed." Another Oxford Professor of Poetry, Mr. MatthewArnold, writes in a like strain : " Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...gliding in the dim afternoon light through the aisles of S. Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then in the most entrancing of voices, breaking the silence... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1888 - 548 pages
...had passed." And another Oxford Professor of Poetry, Mr Matthew Arnold, writes in a like strain : " Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — • subtle, sweet, mournful ? 1 seem to hear him still,... | |
 | 1890 - 880 pages
...likely to be read as long as he is read, than that which Mr. Arnold gave in a lecture in America : — " Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful ? I seem to hear him still saying,... | |
 | Joseph Smith Fletcher - 1890 - 236 pages
...Arnold has also left on record his impressions of Newman's charm as a preacher. " Who," he asks, " could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtle, sweet, mournful ? Happy the man who, in the susceptible... | |
 | 1891 - 890 pages
...Matthew Arnold, too, experienced the spell. " Who could resist," he says in a lecture on Emerson, " the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in...entrancing of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music — subtile, sweet, mournful." To Arnold, he was a man "... | |
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