Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

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From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

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From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

perfect or complete or pure

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

in addition

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

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From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

relating to or characteristic of art or artists

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

plural of “attempt” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

possessive form of “browning” — United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

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From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

for the most part

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “conception” — an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the human act of creating

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “creation” — the human act of creating

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

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From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

without deviation

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

third-person singular of “discover” — discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

third-person singular of “distinguish” — mark as different

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

emanating from God

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

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From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the process of flowing out

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

represent in bodily form

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

constituting the full quantity or extent; complete

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

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From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

in tiny pieces

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

reproduced fraudulently

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the quality of being important and worthy of note

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

free from external control and constraint

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

make sense of; assign a meaning to

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the act of departing

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

the literary culture

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

hide under a false appearance

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

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From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

many times at short intervals

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

and nothing more

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

in an open way

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

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From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

by chance

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a separate part of a whole

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

for the most part

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “produce” — fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

on the contrary

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

in the second place

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a person with unusual powers of foresight

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

possessive form of “shelley” — English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the quality of being significant

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a detailed critical inspection

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

in the direction of

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

a fact that has been verified

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

plural of “type” — a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the act of using

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

From this reading The essay is interesting as Browning's only considerable piece of prose, and also as an utterance made not through the mask of any _dramatis persona_, but openly and directly from his own lips.

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

which person or people

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Though not without value as a contribution to the study of Shelley's genius, it is perhaps chiefly of importance as an exposition of some of Browning's own views concerning his art.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading What a poet of this second kind produces, as Browning finely states it, will be less a work than an effluence.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.

but in spite of that

From this reading He distinguishes between two kinds or types of poet: the poet who like Shakespeare is primarily the "fashioner" of things independent of his own personality, artistic creations which embody some fact or reality, leaving it to others to interpret, as best they are able, its significance; and secondly the poet who is rather a "seer" than a fashioner, who attempts to exhibit in imaginative form his own conceptions of absolute truth, conceptions far from entire adequacy, yet struggling towards completeness; the poet who would shadow forth, as he himself apprehends them, _Ideas_, to use the word of Plato, "seeds of creation lying burningly on the Divine Hand"--which Ideas he discovers not so often in the external world as in his own soul, this being for him "the nearest reflex of the absolute Mind."

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

From this reading 1851 to 1855 It was during the month of the _coup d'état_ that Browning went back in thought to the poet of his youthful love, and wrote that essay which was prefixed to the volume of forged letters published as Shelley's by Moxon in 1852.