Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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Page 35
... principle " the pleasure which the mind derives from the perception of similitude in dissimilitude " ( 606-7 ) . Wordsworth's language is in itself " similar ” to that of real life , but in that it is metrical it is " dissimilar . " The ...
... principle " the pleasure which the mind derives from the perception of similitude in dissimilitude " ( 606-7 ) . Wordsworth's language is in itself " similar ” to that of real life , but in that it is metrical it is " dissimilar . " The ...
Page 88
... principle , or law of thought , or of our intellectual constitution . " The " general principle " involved here is " that the mind can have no rest among a multitude of objects , of which it either cannot make one whole , or from which ...
... principle , or law of thought , or of our intellectual constitution . " The " general principle " involved here is " that the mind can have no rest among a multitude of objects , of which it either cannot make one whole , or from which ...
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... principle which ought never to be lost sight of , namely , that in works of imagination and sen- timent , in proportion as ideas and feelings are valuable , whether the composition be in prose or in verse , they require and exact one ...
... principle which ought never to be lost sight of , namely , that in works of imagination and sen- timent , in proportion as ideas and feelings are valuable , whether the composition be in prose or in verse , they require and exact one ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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