1802

Explore 8 quotes from the year 1802

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that Fate and character are the same conception.

Novalis

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Topic

Character Fate

Speaker

Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Author

Novalis

Source

Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Language

German

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Novalis. Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Berlin, 1802, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Novalis. Henry von Ofterdingen. Dover Publications, 2015, pt. 2.

The Child is father of the Man.

William Wordsworth

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Topic

Personality Man and child Personal growth

Author

William Wordsworth

Source

My Heart Leaps Up

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "My heart leaps up when I behold." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

Thomas Campbell

Lochiels's Warning

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Topic

Old age Approaching death

Speaker

Wizard

Author

Thomas Campbell

Source

Lochiels's Warning

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Campbell, Thomas. Lochiel's Warning. c. 1802.

I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew among the mossy stones about and about them; some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness; and the rest tossed and reeled and danced, and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake.

Dorothy Wordsworth

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Topic

Daffodils Flowers Nature scene

Author

Dorothy Wordsworth

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wordsworth, Dorothy. Journal Entry. 15 Apr. 1802.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, Dorothy. "The Grasmere Journal, Journal entry 15 April 1802." The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals, edited by Pamela Woof. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place... The inference, we think, is inevitable; that the watch must have had a maker, that there must have existed, at some time and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers, who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.

William Paley

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Topic

Argument from design Origin of life

Author

William Paley

Source

Natural Theology

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Paley, William. Natural Theology: or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature. London: R. Faulder/Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Paley, WIlliam. Natural Theology, edited by Matthew D. Eddy and David Knight. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

William Wordsworth

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Topic

Poetry

Author

William Wordsworth

Source

Lyrical Ballads

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical ballads, with Other Poems. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1802, preface.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800/1802)." Lyrical Ballads & Other Poems. Wordsworth Editions, 2002.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Perseverance Courage Adversity

Author

John Quincy Adams

Source

An Oration, Delivered at Plymouth

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "An Oration, Delivered at Plymouth." University Commemoration of the First Landing of Our Ancestors At That Place. 22 Dec. 1802, Plymouth, MA, USA.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

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Topic

Originality Writers

Author

François-Rene de Chateaubriand

Source

The Genius of Christianity

Genre

Religious literature

Language

French

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Chateaubriand, Francois Rene. Genie du christianisme [The Genius of Christianity]. Paris: Chez Migneret, 1802, pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3.