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Page 52
... diction , or a style fitted to excite only the low and changeable pleasure of wonder by means of groundless novelty , substitutes a language of folly and vanity , not for that of the rustic , but for that of good sense and natural ...
... diction , or a style fitted to excite only the low and changeable pleasure of wonder by means of groundless novelty , substitutes a language of folly and vanity , not for that of the rustic , but for that of good sense and natural ...
Page 57
... diction . I conclude therefore , that the attempt is im- practicable ; and that , were it not impractica- ble , it would still be useless . For the very power of making the selection implies the pre- vious possession of the language ...
... diction . I conclude therefore , that the attempt is im- practicable ; and that , were it not impractica- ble , it would still be useless . For the very power of making the selection implies the pre- vious possession of the language ...
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... diction been composed in rhyme , than in their present state ? If I am not grossly mistaken , the general reply would be in the negative . Nay , I will confess , that in Mr. Wordsworth's own volumes the ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS , SIMON LEE ...
... diction been composed in rhyme , than in their present state ? If I am not grossly mistaken , the general reply would be in the negative . Nay , I will confess , that in Mr. Wordsworth's own volumes the ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS , SIMON LEE ...
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... diction to his metre in the majority of his compositions , not only deem them valuable and interesting on other accounts ; but willingly admit , that there are to be found throughout his poems , and especially in his Epistles and in his ...
... diction to his metre in the majority of his compositions , not only deem them valuable and interesting on other accounts ; but willingly admit , that there are to be found throughout his poems , and especially in his Epistles and in his ...
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... diction , arbitrary and subject to infinite ca- prices , upon which no calculation whatever can be made . In the one case the reader is utterly at the mercy of the poet respecting what imagery or diction he may choose to connect he ...
... diction , arbitrary and subject to infinite ca- prices , upon which no calculation whatever can be made . In the one case the reader is utterly at the mercy of the poet respecting what imagery or diction he may choose to connect he ...
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