Fragrance among old volumes; essays and idylls of a book lover (1910)
Anderton, Basil, b. 1864 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd. · leaf 126
l serve to illustrate the vigorous style whichin his day made him famous as a preacher. Ifin places we find him something diffuse andornate, we shall recall the more readily that hefirst made his mark as a student of rhetoric.Here, then, is an extract:— * He who has lived well cannot die ill, nor… … FROM DKKXELs ZODIACUS CHRISTIANUS TWO MINOR BOOKS OF EMBLEMS 93 gold or of silver, of precious stones or of wood,you cannot evade the upleaping waves, you willoften drive on to the rocks over against you, you willmany a time stick fast in dangerous shallows.Blessed is he who has crossed this sea,…
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