 He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind...  The New York Review - Sivu 1muokkaaja - 1839Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sivua
...what language is to be expected from him? He is a man speaking to men : a mm, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more titan other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to cootempl.ite similar volitions... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 sivua
..." What is a poet ?" asks one well qualified to answer his own question. " He is a man endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to he common among mankind ; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 sivua
...enthusiasm and tenderness, who baa a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive son), than are supposed to be common among* mankind ; a man pleased with bis own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 sivua
...language is to be expeeted from him! — He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices I more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him ; delighting to contemplate similar volitions... | |
 | 1853 - 444 sivua
...can sit in a chair and write verses, but he is a man speaking to man : a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind ; who has contemplated nature in her thousand forms, who has treasured within him the remembrance of... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 sivua
...him 1 He is a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, WORDSWORTH.] WHAT is A POET? 3oc endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind ; a mail pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 772 sivua
...the dignity of a poet. 'A poet,' says one well able to answer the question, ' is a man endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind.'t ' What is poetry r" asks the greatest critic of the last generation. ' It is the true exhibition,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 384 sivua
...is to be expected from him ? — He is a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, endowed with.jnore lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more rthan other men in the spirit of life that is in him ; delighting to contemplate similar volitions... | |
 | 1896 - 806 sivua
...Proceeding, then, from the abstract to the concrete, he defines the poet to be "a man speaking to men, a man who has a greater knowledge of human nature and a more comprehensive soul than most men, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him." He enumerates... | |
 | 1872 - 976 sivua
...sit in a chair and write verses, but he is a man speaking to man — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness,...of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul than is supposed to be common among mankind ; who has contemplated nature in her thousand forms, who has... | |
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