Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... probably probably ... have happened " ; 20 and that which " might almost appear miraculous " is , we may think , unlikely to happen , though it may be recorded as an isolated fact worthy of the scientist's attention . --- Such an ...
... probably probably ... have happened " ; 20 and that which " might almost appear miraculous " is , we may think , unlikely to happen , though it may be recorded as an isolated fact worthy of the scientist's attention . --- Such an ...
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... probably derives from the same source ; see introductory n . to Appendix . Cf. also footnote to 270 and n .; 537-8 and n . 235. by their reasonings ] Wordsworth is probably thinking of Gray's dictum that " the language of the age is ...
... probably derives from the same source ; see introductory n . to Appendix . Cf. also footnote to 270 and n .; 537-8 and n . 235. by their reasonings ] Wordsworth is probably thinking of Gray's dictum that " the language of the age is ...
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... probably un- necessary to look for any specific source for Wordsworth's ideas ; but he could have found most of them in the article in Monthly Magazine from which he probably borrowed his doctrine that the language of poetry is not ...
... probably un- necessary to look for any specific source for Wordsworth's ideas ; but he could have found most of them in the article in Monthly Magazine from which he probably borrowed his doctrine that the language of poetry is not ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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