...and kept out of countenance by the anthropomorphic spirit of the Olympian system. For the Greek — just as in the case of Peter Bell— ' A primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more,' so'an ox was an ox, and nothing more : useful for sacrifice and food,...

...kept out of countenance by the anthropomorphic spirit of the Olympian system. For the Greek—just as in the case of Peter Bell— ' A primrose by the river's brim ., / A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more,' so an ox was an ox, and nothing more: use-- ful for sacrifice and food,...

...blade, and frond, and flower. To many people a flower is but a flower, as in the case of Wordsworth's Peter Bell, — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, jtnd it was nothing more." Eeflective minds and earnest souls are not of this class; like the...

...circumstances. is not before minds, we may waste our opportunities and have it sail of us as of Wordsworth's " Peter Bell," — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." Of all persons a teacher of children needs to be one of observation...

...most men nature is just scenery and life, and to not a few, may be applied Wordsworth's description of Peter Bell — " A primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." But others feel the sorcery of Nature and the mystery of life. They...

...appreciate nature justly requires no less careful study than to understand books. Compare Wordsworth's Peter Bell — "A primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. " 120 Parse "al1." 126 Joshua x. 12. 127 Psalm civ. 19. 139 Intestine....

...all the poets of antiquity or of modern days. It could not, perhaps, fairly be said of any of them as of Peter Bell — " A primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him — And it was nothing more." But they had much of the feeling of the Caliph Omar, who, when asked...

...eye " ; never accumulate the treasures of an observant, enquiring mind. They are like WORDSWORTH'S Peter Bell :— "A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." They choose the easiest path they can find. "They avoid," to use the...

...The words may >.be slightly different, they are to that effect — SS [Can*you mean Wordsworth's ' Peter Bell ' ? — ' A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.' Or is it one of the many quizzes upon it ?] Where can I find the lines...

...be able to read all there is between the lines, for there are many men of whom Wordsworth wrote in Peter Bell: " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him ; — And it was nothing more." Here is Coleridge's thought about this life, its successes and...