A Selection from the Works of William Wordsworth, Poet LaureateEdward Moxon & Company, 1865 - 279 pages |
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Page iii
... feeling of mankind seems to have ruled other- wise ; there has always been an interest in learning what manner of man the poet was , when and where he lived , and by what prominent circumstances his mind and heart were moulded . Indeed ...
... feeling of mankind seems to have ruled other- wise ; there has always been an interest in learning what manner of man the poet was , when and where he lived , and by what prominent circumstances his mind and heart were moulded . Indeed ...
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... feeling , of depth in sympathy , of quickness in observation ; from what he is , only , can he win the words which , so far as the epithet may apply to anything of human workman- ship , are destined to immortality . This law appears to ...
... feeling , of depth in sympathy , of quickness in observation ; from what he is , only , can he win the words which , so far as the epithet may apply to anything of human workman- ship , are destined to immortality . This law appears to ...
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... feel the inherent vitality in all things , or who regards them as simple subjects for scientific investigation . He will study man more ( especially man , leading a simple and unsophisticated life ) as the highest effort or mani ...
... feel the inherent vitality in all things , or who regards them as simple subjects for scientific investigation . He will study man more ( especially man , leading a simple and unsophisticated life ) as the highest effort or mani ...
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... feeling ; he had a true relish of simplicity , and therefore stood the best chance of being happy . " " Profusion and ex- travagance had no hold over Wordsworth , " says Mr. De Quincey , " by any one passion or taste . He was not ...
... feeling ; he had a true relish of simplicity , and therefore stood the best chance of being happy . " " Profusion and ex- travagance had no hold over Wordsworth , " says Mr. De Quincey , " by any one passion or taste . He was not ...
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... feel , and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office . " And again , " There is scarcely one which does not aim to direct the attention to some moral sentiment , or to some general principle , or law ...
... feel , and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office . " And again , " There is scarcely one which does not aim to direct the attention to some moral sentiment , or to some general principle , or law ...
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