 | 1900 - 674 pages
...behind him. In a delightful letter to West, written nine days later, he is still dreaming of the Alps. " I own I have not, as yet, anywhere met with those...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining ; not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion, and poetry.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1900 - 438 pages
...carved pannels, and painting, wherever they could stick a brush. I own I have not, as yet, any where met with those grand and simple works of Art, that...ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining : Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.1... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...subsequent letter to his friend West he again adverts to this memorable visit : ' In our little journey up ildren at the door, Prattling their welcomes, and...honest wife. With good brown cake and bacon slice, restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1903 - 190 pages
...literature. The reality of Gray's love for mountains is attested by an often-quoted passage in his letters : "In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining: not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is fragrant with religion and poetry"... | |
 | Thomas Marc Parrott - 1904 - 330 pages
...he was profoundly affected by his first sight of the Alps. He wrote to his friend West, for example: "In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse,...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry."... | |
 | John Henry Fowler - 1904 - 516 pages
...literature. The reality of Gray's love for mountains is attested by an often-quoted passage in his letters : "In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining : not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is fragrant with religion and poetry"... | |
 | Julian Hill - 1907 - 378 pages
...was considered as undesirable and barbaric in Gray's day as was Gothic architecture. He says : — In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining ; not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant -with religion :1 z R, I... | |
 | 1910 - 370 pages
...chief interest lies in his attitude towards natural beauty. Speaking of the Grande Chartreuse he says : "I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining .... I am well persuaded St. Bruno was a man of no common genius to devise such a situation... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1911 - 446 pages
...come out. This day se'nnight we go to Rheims. THE ALPS [To Richard West, from Turin, November 16, NS, 1739] ... I own I have not, as yet, anywhere met with...ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining : not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pages
...penseroso) and there grow to the trunk for a whole morning. T. GRAY.— Letters [1737 : to Mr. Walpole]. I OWN I have not, as yet, anywhere met with those...ten paces without an exclamation that there was no restraining : Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry.... | |
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In our little journey up to the Grande Chartreuse, I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining. Not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry. 
