 What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost is a world of fine fabling; the illusion of which is so grateful to the charmed spirit that in spite of philosophy and fashion.  A History of Modern English Romanticism - Page 230by Harko Gerrit de Maar - 1924 - 246 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser - 1807 - 446 pages
...she would gain admittance into reasonahle company. What we have gotten hy this revolution it will he said, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a world of fine fahling ; tlic illusion of which is so grateful to the charmed spirits that, in spile of philosophy... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 394 pages
..., •, present enforced state, not unhappily. What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost,...Spirit, that, in spite of philosophy and fashion, Fairy SPENSER still ranks highest among the poets ; I mean, with all those who are either come of that... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...XII. . * present enforced state, not unhappily. What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost,...Spirit, that, in spite of philosophy and fashion, Fairy SPENSER still ranks highest among the poets- ; I mean, with all those who are either come of... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 366 pages
...present enforced state, not unhappily. 1 f C\Vhat we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a world of fine fabling ; e illusion of which is so grateful to the charmed Spirit, that, in spite of philosophy and fashion,... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 pages
...melodist of our literature. — The Quarterly Review. In spite of philosophy and fashion, " Faerie Spenser " still ranks highest among the poets : I mean with all those who are either of that house, or have any kindness for it. Earth-born critics may blaspheme, But all... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pages
...melodist of our literature. — The Quarterly Review. In spite of philosophy and fashion, " Faerie Spenser " still ranks highest among the poets : I mean with all those who are either of that house, or have any kindness for it. Earth-born critics may blaspheme, But all... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 208 pages
...during the Augustan age. He sadly remarked, " What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a world of fine fabling." He did not perceive with what gigantic strides the counter-revolution was about to move. We must regard... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 232 pages
...during the Augustan age. He sadly remarked, " What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a world of fine fabling." He did not perceive with what gigantic strides the counter-revolution was about to move. We must regard... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 208 pages
...during the Augustan age. He sadly remarked, " What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a world of fine fabling." He did not perceive with what gigantic strides the counter-revolution was about to move. We must regard... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - 1893 - 216 pages
...during the Augustan age. He sadly remarked, " What we have gotten by this revolution, you will say, is a great deal of good sense. What we have lost, is a worlcT of fine fabling." He did not perceive with what gigantic strides the counter-revolution was... | |
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