The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5G. Bell & Sons, 1893 |
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Page 223
... metre seem to lay claim to by prescription . I have wished to keep the Reader in the company of flesh and blood , per- suaded that by so doing I shall interest him . Others who pursue a different track will interest him likewise ; I do ...
... metre seem to lay claim to by prescription . I have wished to keep the Reader in the company of flesh and blood , per- suaded that by so doing I shall interest him . Others who pursue a different track will interest him likewise ; I do ...
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... metre be superadded thereto , I believe that a dissimilitude will be produced alto- gether sufficient for the ... Metre ; nor is this , in truth , a strict antithesis , because lines and passages of metre so naturally occur in ...
... metre be superadded thereto , I believe that a dissimilitude will be produced alto- gether sufficient for the ... Metre ; nor is this , in truth , a strict antithesis , because lines and passages of metre so naturally occur in ...
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... metre , it is expected will employ a particular language . It is not , then , in the dramatic parts of compo- sition that we look for this distinction of language ; but still it may be proper and necessary where the Poet speaks to us in ...
... metre , it is expected will employ a particular language . It is not , then , in the dramatic parts of compo- sition that we look for this distinction of language ; but still it may be proper and necessary where the Poet speaks to us in ...
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... metre of the same or similar construction , an indistinct perception perpetually renewed of language closely resembling that of real life , and yet , in the circumstance of metre , differing from it so widely - all these imperceptibly ...
... metre of the same or similar construction , an indistinct perception perpetually renewed of language closely resembling that of real life , and yet , in the circumstance of metre , differing from it so widely - all these imperceptibly ...
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... metre , not from the language , not from the order of the words ; but the matter expressed in Dr. Johnson's stanza is contemptible . The proper method of treat- ing ing trivial trivial and and simple simple verses , verses , to which Dr ...
... metre , not from the language , not from the order of the words ; but the matter expressed in Dr. Johnson's stanza is contemptible . The proper method of treat- ing ing trivial trivial and and simple simple verses , verses , to which Dr ...
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