Romanticism and the Social Order, 1780-1830 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 54
... existence since any man now living has taken holy orders . ' No wonder , he commented , ' the longer we live , the more we are convinced of the justice of the old saying , that an ounce of mother wit is worth a pound of clergy . ' To ...
... existence since any man now living has taken holy orders . ' No wonder , he commented , ' the longer we live , the more we are convinced of the justice of the old saying , that an ounce of mother wit is worth a pound of clergy . ' To ...
Page 111
... existence or not seemed to depend the credibility of Christianity . To Cowper it was otherwise : the whole universe was a miracle . He recognised what the philosophers called the laws of nature , but these to him were proof of the existence ...
... existence or not seemed to depend the credibility of Christianity . To Cowper it was otherwise : the whole universe was a miracle . He recognised what the philosophers called the laws of nature , but these to him were proof of the existence ...
Page 186
... existence , and thus came ' trailing clouds of glory / ... From God , who is our home ' . It was a strange theory to find in Wordsworth , who was in general so little influenced by classical philosophy . He had learnt of it from ...
... existence , and thus came ' trailing clouds of glory / ... From God , who is our home ' . It was a strange theory to find in Wordsworth , who was in general so little influenced by classical philosophy . He had learnt of it from ...
Contents
Contents Acknowledgements 6 | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beauty became Blake Burke Byron called Castle character Christian Church Cobbett Coleridge constitution Convention of Cintra corruption Cowper declared deeply delight E. P. Thompson Edinburgh Review eighteenth century England eternal Evangelical evil Falkland favour fear feel France French Revolution Gillray Godwin governing classes hand happy Hazlitt heart human ibid idea imagination influence interest J. M. W. Turner Jacobin Keats King labour liberty lived Lord Malthus mankind ment mind misery moral Mysteries of Udolpho nature Neo-Platonic never novel once opinion Owen Paine painting passions philosophy picture poem poet poetry political poor principles Queen radical reason reform religion religious Robert Owen romantic Romanticism scenes Scott sense Shelley social society Southey spirit story theme things thou thought Tom Paine tradition true truth virtue whigs Wilberforce William William Wilberforce Wordsworth wrote