Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . n whom he had launchedinto our world of Letters, but to a multitudewho had hitherto known him only by repute,and who, in spite of the legendary difficulty ofapproaching so great a man, were introducedto him in batches—before lunch, at tea times,and (by appointment) in the early morning. By a happy coincidence, the very force ofthings seemed to fight upon his side. Thestars in their courses, as Canon Cone, carelessof political opposition,^ magnific
Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . n whom he had launchedinto our world of Letters, but to a multitudewho had hitherto known him only by repute,and who, in spite of the legendary difficulty ofapproaching so great a man, were introducedto him in batches—before lunch, at tea times,and (by appointment) in the early morning. By a happy coincidence, the very force ofthings seemed to fight upon his side. Thestars in their courses, as Canon Cone, carelessof political opposition,^ magnificently put it, fought for, the tradition of which Mr Barnettwas but a part, however distinguished. Men influenced by Mr Barnett in no way ;men who had never met him, were caught bythe flame of his genius. Sir Philip Marshall, for example, if anythinga recluse, sent to The Nineteenth Centnry (andafter) from his distant home at the Lands End, As the scurrilous poem beginning It is, it is the Canonsopening roar, or the deliberate misprinting of the perorationto his Romanes lecture on Historical Christianity, The soulof Ananias like a star, > u < a f^.
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