 Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, gave me great pleasure, and even as a schoolboy I took intense delight in Shakespeare, especially in the historical...  The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter - Page 80by Charles Darwin - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland - Medicine - 1887 - 1134 pages
...calling into action other intellectual qualities, but may be almost obliterated thereby. He says : " In one respect my mind has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of 30 or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge... | |
 | Education - 1919 - 714 pages
...that any faculty or member of the body that is" not used will atrophy, or waste away. Darwin says : "Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds gave me great pleasure; and even as a schoolbpy I took intense delight in Shakespeare, especially in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1888 - 916 pages
...has proved startling to a generation which, even when it is ready to abandon Religion, would be * " Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milcon, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, gave me great delight, and even as a schoolboy I... | |
 | England - 1888 - 962 pages
...upon this conclusion, to quote another change that had come over Darwin's capacities and thoughts. " I have said that in one respect my mind has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. L'p to the age of thirty or beyond it, poetry of many kinds — such as the works of Milton, Gray,... | |
 | Religion - 1888 - 504 pages
...Paradise Lost he read twice through, and carried the book with him on the Beagle. Later on he remarks, " up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds gave me pleasure," and he took especial delight in Shakespeare, especially in the historical plays.... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 950 pages
...mathematical or metaphysical. The former (especially the Biological group) have of late years come * " Up to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, snch as the works of Milton, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, gave me great delight, and... | |
 | William Henry Hills - Authors, American - 1889 - 210 pages
...abstracts I have a large drawer full. Before beginning on any subject I look to all short indexes, and make a general and classified index, and by taking the one or more portfolios, I have all the information collected in my life ready for use." Darwin's son and biographer... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1891 - 592 pages
...abstracts I have a large drawer full. Before beginning on any subject I look to all the short indexes and make a general and classified index, and by taking...proper portfolios I have all the information collected 8l I have said that in one respect my mind has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. Up to... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1892 - 372 pages
...abstracts I have a large drawer full. Before beginning on any subject I look to all the short indexes and make a general and classified index, and by taking...has changed during the last twenty or thirty years. Tip to the age of thirty, or beyond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron,... | |
 | Education - 1892 - 348 pages
...deliberately. Sentences thus scribbled down are often better ones than I could have written deliberately. I have said that in one respect my mind has changed...twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or bevond it, poetry of many kinds, such as the works of Milton, Gray, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and... | |
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