 The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, that of the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which may be expected from him, not as a lawyer, a physician, a mariner, an astronomer, or a natural...  Wordsworth's Literary Criticism - Page 25by William Wordsworth - 1905 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and...those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of die fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and of their...are incalculably greater than those which are to be encoun- • tered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and...those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes vinder one restriction only, namely,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and...those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and of their consequent utility, 378 are incalculably greater than those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 pages
...declaration of his, which runs thus? — " The poet writes under one restriction only, namely, that of the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human...possessed of that information which may be expected of him, not as a lawyer, a physician, a mariner, an astronomer, or a natural philosopher, but as a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...incalculably greater than those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely, that of the necessity of giving immediate pleasure to a human Being possessed of that information which... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poelry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and of their consequent utility, arc incalculably greater than those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion... | |
 | 1830 - 452 pages
...same tribunal. Poetry is the imttge of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of tbe fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and of their...those which are to be encountered by the Poet who has an adequate notion of the dignity of his art. The Poet writes under one restriction only, namely,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 pages
...from the same tribunal. Poetry is the image of man and nature. The obstacles which stand in the way of the fidelity of the Biographer and Historian, and...greater than those which are to be encountered by VOL. III. Z the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks before and after." He is the... | |
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