 The Celt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility and nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still, the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity...  On the Study of Celtic Literature - Page 158by Matthew Arnold - 1867 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...better gift still, he gift of rendering with wonderful feicity the magical charm of nature. The brest solitude, the bubbling spring, the wild flowers, are...in romance. They have a mysterious life and grace here ; they are nature's own children, and utter her secrets in a way which makes them something quite... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1866 - 840 pages
...distinguished gave Ins poetry style ; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion ; 1i>8 sensibility and nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still, the gift ot rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of nature. Tie forest solitude, the bubbling... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 588 pages
...The Kelt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style ; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion ; his sensibility...of rendering, with wonderful felicity, the magical charin of nature. The forest solitude, the bubbling spring, the wild flowers are everywhere in romance.... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 576 pages
...poetry style ; Ids indomitable personality gave it pride find passion ; his sensibility and nervon* exaltation gave it a better gift still — the gift...with wonderful felicity, the magical charm of nature. Tho forest solitude, the bubbling spring, the wild flowers are everywhere in romance. They have a mysterious... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 334 pages
...The Celt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility...own children, and utter her secret in a way which make them something quite different from the woods, waters, and plants of Greek and Latin poetry. Now... | |
 | Canadian Institute (1849-1914) - 1893 - 370 pages
...style, his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion, his sensibility and nervous exultation gave it a better gift still, the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical influence of nature. Rhyme itself, all the weighty evidence tends to show, comes into our poetry from... | |
 | Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) - 1893 - 662 pages
...observation of Nature, he says that the effect of this " sentiment," or rather " sensibility," is " the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of Nature/' "Magic is just the word for it — the magic of Nature ; not merely the beauty of Nature — that the... | |
 | 1893 - 290 pages
...observation of Nature, he says that the effect of this " sentiment," or rather " sensibility," is " the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of Nature/' "Magic is just the word for it — the magic of Nature ; not merely the beauty of Nature — that the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 428 pages
...feeling for what is noble and distmguished gave his poetry style [says Matthew Arnold]; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility...with wonderful felicity the magical charm of nature. Magic is just the word for it, — the magic of nature, her weird power and her fairy charm." ' i:i;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 pages
...it pride and passion ; his sensibility j and nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still, the 5 gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical...are Nature's own children, and utter her secret in a 10 way which make them something quite different from the woods, waters, and plants of Greek and Latin... | |
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