Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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Page 34
... Wordsworth in his pre- face contended , and most ably contended , for a reformation in our poetic diction , as far as he has evinced the truth of passion , and the dramatic propriety of those figures and meta- phors in the original ...
... Wordsworth in his pre- face contended , and most ably contended , for a reformation in our poetic diction , as far as he has evinced the truth of passion , and the dramatic propriety of those figures and meta- phors in the original ...
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... Wordsworth is fully justi- fied in believing his efforts to have been by no means ineffectual . Not only in the verses of those who have professed their admiration of his genius , but even of those who have distin- guished themselves by ...
... Wordsworth is fully justi- fied in believing his efforts to have been by no means ineffectual . Not only in the verses of those who have professed their admiration of his genius , but even of those who have distin- guished themselves by ...
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... Wordsworth's theory ground themselves on the assumption , that his words had been rightly interpreted , as purporting that the proper diction for poetry in general consists altogether in a language taken , with due excep- tions , from ...
... Wordsworth's theory ground themselves on the assumption , that his words had been rightly interpreted , as purporting that the proper diction for poetry in general consists altogether in a language taken , with due excep- tions , from ...
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... Wordsworth's objects . He chose low and rustic life , " because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more ...
... Wordsworth's objects . He chose low and rustic life , " because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less under restraint , and speak a plainer and more ...
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... Wordsworth adds , “ accordingly such a language " ( meaning , as before , the lan- guage of rustic life purified from provincialism ) " arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings is a more permanent , and a far more ...
... Wordsworth adds , “ accordingly such a language " ( meaning , as before , the lan- guage of rustic life purified from provincialism ) " arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings is a more permanent , and a far more ...
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