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Excerpt from Lives of the English Saints, Vol. 6: St. Aelred, Abbot of Rievaux; St. William, Archbishop of York; St. Waltheof; St. Robert
IT is often'' said that things look on paper or on canvass very different from what they are in reality how Often is the traveller disappointed, on arriving at a spot of which he had read in poetry, or seen portrayed by a painter. We repeat over and over again to ourselves that it is beautiful, as if to persuade ourselves of it, and yet there is something wanting after all, we have seen woods as green, and streams as clear, and rocks as wild, and the ruined tower that looks over the stream is but a very poor ruin, as the baron who lived there was probably a very indifferent character. And yet were the poet or the painter so unfaithful as we sup pose They saw it under some particular aspect, when the sun was upon it, or when the woods were coloured by autumn, and they caught it at some moment when one of Nature''s endless combinations had made it look more than usually lovely. No two persons see the same scene under the same aspect it will not look to morrow as it does now, and yet it is the same sun, and B.
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IT is often'' said that things look on paper or on canvass very different from what they are in reality how Often is the traveller disappointed, on arriving at a spot of which he had read in poetry, or seen portrayed by a painter. We repeat over and over again to ourselves that it is beautiful, as if to persuade ourselves of it, and yet there is something wanting after all, we have seen woods as green, and streams as clear, and rocks as wild, and the ruined tower that looks over the stream is but a very poor ruin, as the baron who lived there was probably a very indifferent character. And yet were the poet or the painter so unfaithful as we sup pose They saw it under some particular aspect, when the sun was upon it, or when the woods were coloured by autumn, and they caught it at some moment when one of Nature''s endless combinations had made it look more than usually lovely. No two persons see the same scene under the same aspect it will not look to morrow as it does now, and yet it is the same sun, and B.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
John Henry Newman
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ISBN - 9780265904312
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 290
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Author
John Henry Newman
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ISBN - 9781333049096
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 292
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