The Reader, I am sure, will thank me for the above quotation, which, though from a strange book, is one of the finest passages of modern English prose.—W.W. (1814).
Page [149].
'Tis, by comparison, an easy task
Earth to despise, etc.
See, upon this subject, Baxter's most interesting review of his own opinions and sentiments in the decline of life. It may be found (lately reprinted) in Dr. Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography.—W.W. (1814).
Page [152].
Alas! the endowment of immortal Power,
Is matched unequally with custom, time, etc.
This subject is treated at length in the Ode, Intimations of Immortality.—W.W. (1814).
Page [156].