...put To inquisition, long and. profitless I By pain of heart — now checked — and now impelled— The intellectual Power, through words and things,...perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abgtrase, Srme trace am I enabled to retain Of tiuie, else lost ;- existing unto me Only by records...

...fetters are compos'd, and life was put To inquisition long and profitless. By pain of heart, now check'd, and now impell'd, The intellectual Power, through...things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way." *• He was awakened from his trance of sorrows by the French Revolution, and for a time felt all the...

...of heart — now checked — and now impelled— The intellectual Power, through words and tilings, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abstruse, Seme trace am I enabled to retain Of time, else lost ; — existing unto me Only by records in myself...

...Without an atom of defiling self To mar perfection with a stain of man! END OF BOOK I. BOOK THE SECOND. The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. WORDSWORTH. Melior origo nos expectat, alius rerum status. Dies iste, quem ianquam extremum reformidas,...

...defiling self To mar perfection with a stain of man ! END oF nooK I. BOOK THE SECOND. The intelleetual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. WORDSWORTH. Melior origo nos expeetat, alius rerum status. Dies isle, quern laniluam extremum reformidas,...

...have been ! We are reminded of the expressive lines of Wordsworth, though differently applied : •' The Intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way."* The inventions of that period were also most important. The use of the compass was now first observed....

...life was put To inquisition long and profitless ! By pain of heart, uow checked, and now impelled, The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. . For all this we claim no praise short of that due, not to superiority, but to perfection. There is...

...which you have gone through. There is none to which the lines of Wordsworth are more applicable: " The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way." The most important objects with which the mind is familiar are changing their aspects as we move forward,...

...which you have gone through. There is none to which the lines of Wordsworth are more applicable: " The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way." The most important objects with which the mind is fami-liar are changing their aspects as we move forward,...

...terrible to our feelings in the imagery of these three lines — " By pain of heart, now check 'd, and now impell'd, The Intellectual Power, through...things, Went sounding on, — a dim and perilous way ! " At last he is roused from this dejected mood, by the glorious promises which seemed held out to...