 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...principal object thea which I proposed to myself in these Poems was, to make the incidents of comnvm life interesting, by tracing in them, truly, though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of our Nature j chieSjr as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Low and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...was possible, in a selection of language really used by men ; and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...ostentatiously, the primary laws of our nature : chiefly, is far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Low and rustic life... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...incidents and situations from common life, and to relate and describe them throughout, as far as was possible, in a selection of language really used by...should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; Da I and further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing in... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...as was possible, in a selection of language really used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...nature : chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which 1 we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Low and rustic life was generally chosen, because in... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 pages
...not only to choose incidents and situations from common life, but " at the same time to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...should be presented to the mind in an unusual way." That he has succeeded in presenting ordinary things to the mind in an unusual way,/ few persons will... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...as was possible, in a selection of language really used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...unusual way ; and, further, and above all, to make those incidents and situations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 pages
...as was possible in a selection of language really used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary...things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing... | |
 | 1865 - 962 pages
...possible, in a selection of laiKruusre really used by men, and at the same time to throw over Ihtm a certain colouring of imagination whereby ordinary...things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect.' Preface to Lyrical Ballads by WILLIAM Wosiswom. GOBLIN MAEKET, and OTHEE POEMS. By CHRISTINA... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 pages
...the language commonly used by men ; at the same time, investing them with a certain colouring of the imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and it was his aim further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting, by tracing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 pages
...the language commonly used by men ; at the same time, investing them with a certain colouring of the imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and it was his aim further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting, by tracing... | |
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Poems was to choose incidents and situations from common life, and to relate or describe them, throughout, as far as was possible in a selection of language really used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination,... 
