I remember how at Cambridge I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden of Trinity, on an evening of a rainy May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her text the three words which have been used so often as the inspiring... Essays--Modern - Page 260by Frederic William Henry Myers - 1883 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1883 - 420 pages
...more candid than the following, which is well worth quoting, if only for the grace of its style: ' I remember how, at Cambridge, I walked with her \...once in the Fellows' Garden of Trinity on an evening l of rainy May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her I wont, and taking as her text the three words... | |
| 1885 - 858 pages
...illustration of a passage contained in Mr. Myers's essay on George Eliot. I remember [says Mr Myers] how at Cambridge I walked with her once in the Fellows* garden of Trinity, on an evening of rainv May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her text the three words which... | |
| 1885 - 612 pages
...by one who knew George Eliot, of an interview with her which impressively bears upon this point. " I remember how, at Cambridge, I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden at Trinity, on an evening of rainy May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her... | |
| Samuel Laing - 1888 - 440 pages
...earnest thought, came to the conclusion recorded of her by an intimate friend and admirer, Mr. Myers : " I remember how at Cambridge, I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden of Trinity, on au evening of rainy May ; and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her text the three... | |
| George Eliot - 1899 - 304 pages
...subject ; it reveals the heroic nobility of George Eliot, working in the darkness of spiritual night. "I remember how, at Cambridge, I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden at Trinity on an evening in rainy May, and as she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 362 pages
...Frederick Meyers, in a passage quoted by Painter, gives an eloquent account of her mature beliefs: "I remember how at Cambridge, I walked with her once in the Fellow's garden of Trinity on an evening of rainy May ; and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont,... | |
| Frederic William Henry Myers - 1921 - 588 pages
...borrow a simile from M. Eenan, the emperor who summed up his view of life in the words Nil eocpedit, gave none the less to his legions as his last night's...I remember . how, at Cambridge, I walked with her vi.] GEORGE ELIOT. 495 once in the Fellows' Garden of Trinity, on an evening of rainy May ; and she,... | |
| Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane - 1927 - 344 pages
...moral dignity, if not a saintly holiness. There is a remarkable and striking passage about her visit to Cambridge. " I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden of Trinity, on an evening of a rainy May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont, and taking as her text the three words which... | |
| Robert D. Purrington - 1997 - 276 pages
...a conversation with Eliot at Cambridge in l873 in which the novelist expressed her own skepticism: I remember how, at Cambridge, I walked with her once in the Fellow's Garden of Trinity, on an evening of a rainy May; and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont,... | |
| 164 pages
...while to recall the reminiscence in which FWH Myers recorded his impression of her attitude of mind. I remember how at Cambridge I walked with her once in the Fellows' Garden at Trinity, on an evening in a rainy May, and she, stirred somewhat beyond her wont and taking as her... | |
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