Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical BalladsRosenkilde and Bagger, 1957 - 204 pages |
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... speak a plain language , but a broken and halting one.12 In the Preface Wordsworth offers no evidence at all for the ... speak a plainer language , " but not thus : " [ feelings ] That Exist more simple in their elements And [ contrary ...
... speak a plain language , but a broken and halting one.12 In the Preface Wordsworth offers no evidence at all for the ... speak a plainer language , " but not thus : " [ feelings ] That Exist more simple in their elements And [ contrary ...
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... speak more precisely " ; cf. the equivalent phrase " speaking with more precision , " E. L. , p . 527 ; " more philosophical " ( 270 , fn . ) means “ more accurate , more pre- cise . " - 107-11 . Cf. Grosart , II , 52 : " This simple ...
... speak more precisely " ; cf. the equivalent phrase " speaking with more precision , " E. L. , p . 527 ; " more philosophical " ( 270 , fn . ) means “ more accurate , more pre- cise . " - 107-11 . Cf. Grosart , II , 52 : " This simple ...
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... speak the language of love or sorrow , devotion or courage [ etc. ] , his heart must be susceptible of those emotions , and in some degree feel them , as long at least as he employs himself in framing words for them " ; Blair , II , 365 ...
... speak the language of love or sorrow , devotion or courage [ etc. ] , his heart must be susceptible of those emotions , and in some degree feel them , as long at least as he employs himself in framing words for them " ; Blair , II , 365 ...
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
The Theory of Metre | 31 |
The Spontaneous Overflow of Powerful Feelings | 40 |
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