 The lover wished that he could feel his longings and his joys so variedly and so harmoniously as the poet's inspired lips had skill to show them forth; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they...  Southern Review - Page 3711829Full view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German fiction - 1824 - 354 pages
...skill to shew them forth; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...exalted us to them, and brought them down to us." " My friend," said Werner, after some reflection, " it has often grieved me, that thou shouldst strive... | |
 | Art - 1824 - 406 pages
...forth ; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, an when they were presented to him shining in the splendour of the poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, unil exalting all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the poet was it that first formed gods for us;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English periodicals - 1834 - 680 pages
...skill to shew them forth ; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and exalting alt.' Pecuniary Obligations. ' It is singular,' said the baron, ' to see what a world of hesitation... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - German literature - 1838 - 476 pages
...skill to show them forth; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him shining in the splendor of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...skill to show them forth ; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...splendour of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the Poet was it that first formed Gods for us ; that... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1842 - 349 pages
...skill to shew them forth ; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...that exalted us to them, and brought them down to us ?" " My friend," said Werner, after some reflection, " it has often grieved me, that thou shouldst... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...skill to show them forth; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...splendour of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the Poet was it that first formed Gods for us ; that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson - English essays - 1852 - 568 pages
...presented to him shining in the splendour of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the Poet was...that first formed Gods for us; that exalted us to thein> and brought them down to us V "* For a man of Goethe's talent to write many such pieces of rhetoric,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 590 pages
...skill to show them forth ; and even the rich man could not of himself discern such costliness in his idol grandeurs, as when they were presented to him...splendour of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the Poet was it that first formed Gods for us ; that... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - English literature - 1857 - 556 pages
...presented to him shining in the splendour of the Poet's spirit, sensible to all worth, and ennobling all. Nay, if thou wilt have it, who but the Poet was...that exalted us to them, and brought them down to us?'"1 For a man of Goethe's talent to write many such pieces of rhetoric, setting forth the dignity... | |
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