 | 1846 - 612 str.
...and histories of the wonderful works of God around them. Of too many, may it be said in the words of Wordsworth — *' A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him ; And it wan nothing more." If any one, more curious than another, wish to ask the name of any... | |
 | 1852 - 776 str.
...common, natural beauties around her daily path. Why should she resemble the man of whom the poet says — "A primrose, by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more," when nearly everything she sees might be the means of calling up beautiful and useful spiritual associations... | |
 | 1856 - 704 str.
...which was open, into the woods, but his was a mind like that of Wordsworth's Peter, " A primrose, on the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more." Ho did not find any inspiration in the woods, so he began to look into the ashes. " Miss Cynthia,"... | |
 | 1856 - 704 str.
...which was open, into the woods, buV his was a mind like that of Werdsworth's Peter, " A primrose, on the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more." Ho did not find any inspiration in the woods, so he began to look into the ashes. " Miss Cynthia,"... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - 336 str.
...else. For our poets are half politicians, tradesmen or bankers. It can scarcely be said of them — "A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him And nothing more." Instead of finding "pansies for thoughts," it is — " Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes." And when,... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1902 - 650 str.
...say, the owner did not know the name of a single apple in his orchard. An apple to him was like the "primrose by the river's brim, a yellow primrose was to him, and nothing more." He knew that they were apples, and mighty good ones, but farther than that he knew not. 1 found his... | |
 | Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - 1869 - 402 str.
...imagination, has been often held up to repro: bation, because, like hundreds of the unthinking multitude,— " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more." But perhaps the majority of persons in walking through a meadow, if asked about a green circle, or... | |
 | Thomas Turner (F.S.S.) - 1872 - 204 str.
...in stones, and good in everything." While of another it may be said, in the words of the later poet, Wordsworth, — " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more." And if you wish to study science, you, too, must learn to ask questions... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1875 - 854 str.
...human lite the range is very narrow. Wordsworth's ploughman had no great abundance of life, for " The primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more." To plough and sow, and reap and mow, were his philosophy. The seasons preached no sacred homilies to... | |
 | 1876 - 396 str.
...officer, the symbols of Masonry would convey no moral lesson — no idea — no obligation. "A primrose on the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him, And nothing more." LITTLE THINGS IN MASONRY. 355 The trowel and the plumb would be but the implements of a laborious profession,.... | |
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A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him. And it was nothing more. 
