 The principal object, then, proposed in these 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...  English Prose (1137-1890) - Σελίδα 298επεξεργασία από - 1909 - 544 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | W. H. Venable, LL. D. - 1898 - 152 σελίδες
...are to be sought in verse of this character ? " The poet himself answers that his principal object " was to choose incidents and situations from common...and at the same time to throw over them a certain coloring of imagination whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1905 - 292 σελίδες
...substituted for the Advertisement, in the edition of 1800, he writes : The principal object, then, proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...possible, in a selection of language really used by men. But though the Preface removes an obvious confusion of language, it brings into relief a real confusion... | |
 | William Morton Payne - 1907 - 404 σελίδες
...The writer's theory was expressed in such statements as these: "The principal object, then, proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect." "There will also be found in these pieces little of what is usually called poetic diction;... | |
 | 1910 - 482 σελίδες
...when his duty is ascertained, prevents him from performing it. The principal object, then, proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...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... | |
 | Elias Hershey Sneath - 1912 - 344 σελίδες
...the Ballads. In the Preface he says concerning his purpose : " The principal object, then, proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...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... | |
 | George McLean Harper - 1916 - 490 σελίδες
...edition of 1800 agree very accurately with the following statement: " The principal object proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...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... | |
 | Caleb Thomas Winchester - 1916 - 330 σελίδες
...The most important passage of this apology may be quoted here : "The principal object, then, proposed in these poems was to choose incidents and situations...and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain coloring of the imagination whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect;... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 σελίδες
...WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) From THE PREFACE TO THE LYRICAL BALLADS The principal object proposed in these poems was to choose incidents and situations...and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain coloring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect;... | |
 | George McLean Harper - 1916 - 482 σελίδες
...edition of 1800 agree very accurately with the following statement : " The principal object proposed in these Poems was to choose incidents and situations...possible in a selection of language really used by men, and,ijat the same time, to throw over them a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - 1916 - 1604 σελίδες
...when his duty is ascertained, prevents him from performing it. 6 The principal ohject, then, proposed f all knowledge— it is as immortal as the heart 10 used by men, and, at the same time, to throw over them a certain coloring of imagination, whereby... | |
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