Book iv
. Chap. viii._ (_1847._)
That when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.
_Lothair. Chap. xxviii._
You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature and art.[609-4]
_Lothair. Chap. xxxv._
His Christianity was muscular.
_Endymion. Chap. xiv._
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.
_Endymion. Chap. lii._
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
_Endymion. Chap. lxx._
"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."[610-1]
_Endymion. Chap. lxxxi._
The sweet simplicity of the three per cents.[610-2]
_Endymion. Chap. xcvi._
FOOTNOTES:
[607-1] It is a condition which confronts us, not a theory.--GROVER CLEVELAND: _Annual Message, 1887. Reference to the Tariff._
[607-2] Lord Stanley.
[607-3] See Bulwer, page 606.
[607-4] William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
[608-1] See Webster, page 532.
[608-2] A common political phrase in the United States.
[609-1] See Drummond, page 582.
[609-2] See Johnson, page 371.
[609-3] See Emerson, page 601.
All things come round to him who will but wait.--LONGFELLOW: _Tales of a Wayside Inn. The Student's Tale._ (1862.)
[609-4] See Coleridge, page 505.
[610-1] See Johnson, page 370.
An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683), who, in speaking of religion, said, "People differ in their discourse and profession about these matters, but men of sense are really but of one religion." To the inquiry of "What religion?" the Earl said, "Men of sense never tell it."--BURNET: _History of my own Times, vol. i. p. 175, note_ (edition 1833).
[610-2] See Stowell, page 437.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY. 1807-1855.
And thou, vast ocean! on whose awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin-trace.[610-3]
_The Omnipresence of the Deity. Part i ._
The soul aspiring pants its source to mount, As streams meander level with their fount.[610-4]
_The Omnipresence of the Deity.