...some time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious and a love for Philosophy — were I calculated for the former I should be glad — but as I am not I shall turn all my soul to the latter. We may at first find it decidedly odd that Keats should say that he is not 'calculated' for 'an exquisite...

...an exquisite sense of the luxurious, and a love for philo' sophy. were 1 calculated for the former,! should be glad; but as I am not, I shall turn all my soul to the latter.' This would be a strange variant of 'Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Muscs' if we need suppose it to...

...some time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious and a love for Philosophy— were I calculated for the former I should be glad— but as I am not I shall turn all my soul to the latter. 8 In this context of modesty, hesitation, and independent experience, he now returns to the large question...

...some time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious and a love for Philosophy — were I calculated for the former I should be glad - but as I am not I shall turn all my soul to the latter. This passage has an element of youthful pomposity. It has a more remarkable sense of purpose. While...

...between an exquisite sensé of thé luxurious and a love for Philosophy - were I calculated for thé former I should be glad - but as I am not I shall turn ail my soûl to thé latter. (1,271) En effet, la philosophie et le savoir étaient essentiels pour...

...time between an exquisite sense of the luxurious, and a love for philosophy, — were I calculated for the former, I should be glad. But as I am not, I shall turn all my soul to the latter." The pugnacity of his boyish days was by now tempered to an arduous resolve. He set himself with characteristic...