...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist...be more accurately contemplated and more forcibly communicated.1 Crucially, "the feeling therein developed gives importance to the action and situation,...

...better Constructions of Innocence 25 and speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist...consequently, may be more accurately contemplated" (Selected Poems, 447). The simplest of children, the idiot boy-hero, Johnny, has not been inducted...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist in a state of greater simplicity, and, consequendy, may be more accurately contemplated, and more forcibly communicated; because the manners...

...speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that situation our elementary feelings exist in a state of greater simplicity and consequently...accurately contemplated and more forcibly communicated. The boldest attempt to vindicate the status of the modern mind came from Wordsworth's older contemporary,...

...speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that situation our elementary feelings exist in a state of greater simplicity and consequently...and are more durable; and lastly, because in that situation the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature. The...

...speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that situation our elementary feelings exist in a state of greater simplicity and consequently...and are more durable; and lastly, because in that situation the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature. The...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language, because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist...accurately contemplated, and more forcibly communicated." The poet stands in contrast to the scientist, who "seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor;...

...connoisseur of common life. Wordsworth argues that the 'manners of rural life', its customary acts, 'germinate from those elementary feelings and, from the necessary character of rural occupations' and are, therefore, 'more easily comprehended, and are more durable'.3 Brand's purpose in writing about...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language; because in that condition of life our elementary feelings co-exist...accurately contemplated, and more forcibly communicated" (124). People in cities are prey to changing fashions ("under the influence of social vanity" [124])...