Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... causes , unknown to former times , are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind , and , unfitting it for all voluntary exertion , to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor . The most ...
... causes , unknown to former times , are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind , and , unfitting it for all voluntary exertion , to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor . The most ...
Page 134
... causes . Besides , the Poet spake to him in the character of a man to be looked up to , a man of genius and authority . 30 Thus , and from a variety of other causes , this distorted language was received with admiration ; and Poets , it ...
... causes . Besides , the Poet spake to him in the character of a man to be looked up to , a man of genius and authority . 30 Thus , and from a variety of other causes , this distorted language was received with admiration ; and Poets , it ...
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... Cause is not comprehended by us ... But now let us inquire , what the Cause of Poetical Enthusiasm is , that has been ... Causes of Enthusiastick , as well as of ordinary Passions , is , because we are not so us'd to them , and because ...
... Cause is not comprehended by us ... But now let us inquire , what the Cause of Poetical Enthusiasm is , that has been ... Causes of Enthusiastick , as well as of ordinary Passions , is , because we are not so us'd to them , and because ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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