Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Edward Fitzgerald he produced Omar Khayyam, and which thusbetrays that he had not long been engaged withIrani literature. He was very fond of Montaignesessays, and of Pascals Pensees; but his Poloniusreveals a sort of dislike and contempt for the Germans, Jean Paul, Goethe, Alex-ander von Humboldt, and August Wilhelm vonSchlegel attracted him greatly; but he seems tohave read little German, and probably only quotedtranslations. His favourite motto was PlainLiving and High Thinking, and he expressesgreat reverence for a
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . Edward Fitzgerald he produced Omar Khayyam, and which thusbetrays that he had not long been engaged withIrani literature. He was very fond of Montaignesessays, and of Pascals Pensees; but his Poloniusreveals a sort of dislike and contempt for the Germans, Jean Paul, Goethe, Alex-ander von Humboldt, and August Wilhelm vonSchlegel attracted him greatly; but he seems tohave read little German, and probably only quotedtranslations. His favourite motto was PlainLiving and High Thinking, and he expressesgreat reverence for all things manly, simple, andtrue. The laws and institutions of England were,in his eyes, of the highest value and sacredness;and whatever Irish sympathies he had wouldnever have diverted his affections from the Unionto Home Rule. This is strongly illustrated bysome original lines of blank verse at the endof Polonius, annexed to his quotation, under. a ii a ii n ii ii 11 ii » ii ii 11 ? ii ii 11 u -rr ^^^Q^Q^^EBB^^E^OO^^^^E
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