 it will be questioned ; ' when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host, crying : ' Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty ! ' I question not my...  The Quarterly Review - Page 221865Full view - About this book
 | American fiction - 1928 - 556 pages
...illustrative: "I fear that Wordsworth loves nature, and nature is the work of the devil" (p. 106). "I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it is hindrance and not action" (p. 106). "Vision or imagination is a representation of what actually exists, really and unchangeably"... | |
 | William Blake - English poetry - 1893 - 416 pages
...joined; neither ought any one to attempt it, for it is idolatry, and destroys the soul." — " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation,...questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' ' Oh no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly... | |
 | California - 1893 - 952 pages
...to the point where language is thrown into utter confusion: — "I assert for myself," he says, ' ' that I do not behold the outward creation, and that...questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea? 'Oh no, no! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host,... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - Art - 1895 - 290 pages
...science." Finally, in words that state his own case as respects his reputed delusions, he says : " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation,...not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host, crying, ' Holy, holy, holy is... | |
 | John Vance Cheney - American poetry - 1895 - 466 pages
...language shall fellow his limitless vision : — " I assert for myself that I do not behold the out ward creation, and that to me it is hindrance and not action....questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ?' 'Oh no, no! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host,... | |
 | James Thomson - English literature - 1896 - 502 pages
...of the golden medallion of which that is the noble obverse. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE* " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it is hindrance, and not action. ... I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a sight. I look... | |
 | James Thomson - English literature - 1896 - 692 pages
...of the golden medallion of which that is the noble obverse. THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE* " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it is hindrance, and not action. ... I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a sight. I look... | |
 | John Alden, Arthur Russell, Russell Hillard Loines - 1896 - 126 pages
...imagination. -Blake lived in it, worked in it, thought in it, saw in it, loved it. He said, "I assert, for myself, that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it is hindrance, not help. ... I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a... | |
 | Louis Albert Banks - Conduct of life - 1898 - 152 pages
...words when he says, " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, that to me it is a hindrance, and not action. What ! it will be questioned, when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea ? Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host... | |
 | Frank Granger - Experience (Religion) - 1900 - 470 pages
...mental eye. " I assert for myself," he said, " that I do not behold the outward creation, and that for me it is hindrance and not action. ' What ! ' it will...not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea ? ' ' Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying, " Holy, holy, holy, is... | |
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