The majority of the following poems are to be considered as experiments. They were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure. Studies in Philosophy and Literature - Page 299by William Angus Knight - 1879 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1799 - 614 pages
...the advertisement prefixed, 'chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure.' Though we hnve been extremely entertained with the fancy, the facility, and (in general) the sentiments,... | |
| 1816 - 802 pages
...U. T terest the human mind.":): Yet, surely, it will not follow tint " the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." To afford pleasure, poetry must call imagination to the aid of reason : fancy must create, or at least... | |
| 1904 - 926 pages
...majority of the "Lyrical Ballads" "were written chiefly to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." Wordsworth's experiment failed; or rather it was never carried out. When once he had owned that metre... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1851 - 684 pages
...that the poems were written " chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." At this announcement all the respectable people took fire, that is, all who condescended to notice... | |
| 1851 - 650 pages
...that the poems were written " chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." At this announcement all the respectable people took h're, that is, all who condescended to notice... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1870 - 342 pages
...reader that " they were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." In his preface to the second edition, in two volumes, Wordsworth already found himself forced to shift... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 346 pages
...reader that " they were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." In his preface to the second edition, in two volumes, Wordsworth already found himself forced to shift... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 348 pages
...reader that " they were written chiefly with a view to ascertain how far the language of conversation in the middle and lower classes of society is adapted to the purposes of poetic pleasure." In his preface to the second edition, in two volumes, Wordsworth already found himself forced to shift... | |
| William Angus Knight - 1878 - 286 pages
...expression. The most animated and brilliant conversational style does not make the best literary prose style ; and the choicest language of real life must...the verge of a bald literalism ; and it was easy for critics to ridicule the ' tub ' of the blind boy, and the ' swollen ankles ' of Simon Lee. But, on... | |
| William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - 1878 - 284 pages
...in which it entered in, nor, on the other hand, artificialised by its presence there, but—recast in a form of ideal grace, the ' naturalness' of its...the verge of a bald literalism ; and it was easy for critics to ridicule the ' tub' of the blind boy, and the ' swollen ankles' of Simon Lee. But, on the... | |
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