 Until they won her ; for indeed 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,...  Littell's Living Age - Page 1991868Full view - About this book
 | Henry Bleckly - 1873 - 172 pages
...superstition. Mr. Tennyson's teaching on this topic is infinitely superior to Mr. Lecky's : " For, indeed, I know Of no more subtle master under heaven Than...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." Nature avenges every... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1873 - 340 pages
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...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. And all this throve... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, £ 1 £ h g 3 Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...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. And all this throve... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...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. And all this throve... | |
 | Frederick Perry - 1873 - 540 pages
...seclusiveness, lose all the refining influence of courtship. Well has Tennyson expressed how there is — " no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden...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." J • Gibbon's "... | |
 | Charles McKnight - 1873 - 536 pages
...scout followed his own advice. CHAPTER XXVIII. WAU-KI-If A LEAVES — THE PARTY PURSUED. For indeed I know Of no more subtle master under Heaven, Than...only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 pages
...only, cleave to her, And won,hip her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, &nd amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a... | |
 | John McClintock - 1873 - 976 pages
...only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her : for Indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the...only to keep down the base In man, But teach high thoughts, and amiable words. And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that... | |
 | Henry Peterson - 1873 - 402 pages
...brought up, while we go in and bid adieu to our Cousin Livezeys?" CHAPTER VIII. PHIL MORRIS. " For indeed I know Of no more subtle master under Heaven Than...maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the basç in man, But teach high thoughts and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And... | |
 | John Conroy Hutcheson - 1873 - 302 pages
...unobserved, are graphically jotted down with indelible ink in his cordal note-book — "For indeed I know Of no more subtle master under heaven, Than is the maiden passion for a maid." When no other people came in, Min would always, on the evening of my visit, make a rule of turning... | |
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