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Excerpt from The Ship of the Soul, and Other Papers "Be sober, be vigilant." We are this first day of the year like a fleet of ships about to set sail on a new voyage. As yet we lie in harbour, making ready for the ocean-way, and a motley group we are. Some are great ships, some small, some are newly launched, and some have borne for many years the winds and dangers of the deep seas of life. Some know the great water-paths, and others have n...

Excerpt from The Sea-Charm of VeniceAltinum, Aquileia, and the other towns bor dering on the lagoon, the Roman nobles, many of whom might be called merchant princes, and their dependants ¿ed to Tor cello, to Rialto, and to other islands where, before the conqueror came, they had estab lished depots for their trading, where the fishermen and boatmen were already in their pay. When the Goths followed the invading track of Attila, the emigration ...

Excerpt from God and Christ In this book the Sermons of mine, which have been published as pamphlets by the Unitarian Association, have been collected into a volume. Several sermons, not yet published, have been added to them. The sermons on 'Theology and Miracle' are the last two that I preached before leaving the Church of England. I have been asked to publish the first two sermons preached in Bedford Chapel after my secession from the Chur...

Excerpt from The Poetry of Robert Browning Bells of poetry's music, hung side by Side with the golden Pomegranates of thought, made the fringe of the robe of this high priest of song. Rarely have imagination and intellect, ideal faith and the sense which handles daily life, passion and quietude, the impulse and self-mastery of an artist, the joy of nature and the fates of men, grave tragedy and noble grotesque, been mingled together more full...

Excerpt from Religion in Literature and Religion in Life: Being Two Papers Written by Stopford a Brooke But the imagination, when it is not diseased, works in accordance with the laws of the uni verse, and the result is that its creation pos sesses truth. What it paints, or builds, or carves, or sings, or writes, is true, goes down to the bottom rock of all its varied material in the na tural world, and to the mother elements of the heart of ...

Excerpt from Naturalism in English Poetry Brooke delivered at University College, London, a series of lectures on the rise of Naturalism in English Poetry, which met with high appreciation from large and distinguished audiences. They are here printed from the careful ms. Which Mr. Brooke always pre pared for his public ad dresses, with the slight verbal alterations necessitated by the change from the form of the lecture to that of the essay. ...

Excerpt from Sermons Preached in St. James's Chapel, York Street, London M att. Iv. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.' 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 w...

Excerpt from Riquet of the Tuft: A Love Drama A wide garden looking to the south, with grassy spaces and many flowers and trees, and beyond it a wood, over which a mountain range is seen. The King's Palace runs the whole length of the garden to the north, and has in front a broad terrace which leads by steps into the garden. The Palace is on an upland, which falls on the west, through dells and broken ground, to the plain below, and in the ea...

Excerpt from Freedom in the Church of England: Six Sermons Suggested by the Voysey Judgment Preached in S. James's Chapel, York Street The Sermons contained in this little book were suggested by the Judgment pronounced in the case of Mr. Voysey, and were consecutively preached in S. James's Chapel, York Street. Some matter now included in them was omitted in delivery, and the Sermon on 'Freedom in the Church, ' though last in point of time, i...

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Excerpt from The Life Superlative It only remains to add that Mr. Brooke gave to the compiler his manuscript sermons and addresses, together with not a few that were privately printed but not published. The selection which follows has been made by one who is conscious that the citations only imperfectly represent the wealth of material placed at his disposal. Another statement perhaps ought to be made. Mr. Brooke has been good enough not mere...

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Poems from Shelley is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these b...

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