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" In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing. It leads a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such a man... "
The Challenge of the Country: A Study of Country Life Opportunity, by George ... - Page 43
by George Walter Fiske - 1912 - 283 pages
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...farmers. These, however, I believe, are but casual breaks in the general system I have mentioned. " In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 9

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 pages
...upon a cultivated mind. ' In rural occupations/ says Mr. Irving f and it needs little qualifying) ' there is nothing mean and debasing. It leads a man...natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...small farmers. These, however, I believe, are but casual breaks in the general system I have mentioned. In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...small farmers. These, however, I believe, are but casual breaks in the general system I have mentioned. In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...••> •' i •'•' ••' >•'• In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing. It loads a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...small farmers. These, however, I believe, are but casual breaks in the general system I have mentioned. In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating o£_external influences. Such...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...general system I have mentioned. " In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing It lead» a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Mental Guide: Being a Compend of the First Principles of Metaphysics ...

1828 - 394 pages
...delights to visit a cottage, it must be the cottage of an English peasant. LESSON XLII. Rural Occupation. IN rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and' most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The First-class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading : from Standard ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...dew, and I was chilled by the breath of evening. I arose, and returned to the inn. LESSON V. liiii-tit Life in England.— IN rural occupation, there is...natural grandeur and beauty; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...farmers. These, however, I believe, are H 2 but casual breaks in the general system I have mentioned. In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing....natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such...
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