| Robert Pearse Gillies - 1851 - 354 pages
...of any kind is conceived, it ought to be brought out directly and rapidly as possible, without any view to any particular style of language.' I am not...this, that these notions of excellence may perhaps be er- ' roneous, and then our inability to catch a phantom of no value may prevent us from attempting... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1889 - 460 pages
...several others of Wordsworth's poemi into German. t Mtmoirt of a Literary Veteran, vol. ii., pp. 140-161. Your first position, that every idea which passes...this, that these notions of excellence may perhaps he erroneous, and then our inability to catch a phantom of no value may prevent us from attempting... | |
| George McLean Harper - 1916 - 482 pages
...had ever written. He revised it anxiously for later editions, in accordance with his principle that " it is frequently true of second words, as of second thoughts, that they are the best." , When Wordsworth, at about the time he wrote '" Laodamia," spoke of Milton as his great predecessor,... | |
| Elizabeth Glass Marshall - 1925 - 356 pages
...into awkwardness, and to turn him out of his course for the purpose of lugging in these ready made pieces by the head and shoulders. Or do you simply...words as of second thoughts, that they are the best." In another letter he says "Style is in Poetry of incalculable importance." The poet then proceeds to... | |
| René Wellek - 1981 - 472 pages
...Wordsworth's constant meticulous revisions of his verse and his own statement: "my first expression I often find detestable; and it is frequently true...second words as of second thoughts, that they are best." " Especially in later life Wordsworth recognized "rules of art and workmanship" and advised... | |
| Stephen Gill - 2003 - 324 pages
...words that offer themselves, as being likely to be most energetic and natural', Wordsworth countered, 'My first expressions I often find detestable; and...words as of second thoughts, that they are the best' ( WL iii 179). The poet who became famous for equating the best poetry with a spontaneous overflow... | |
| Stephen Gill - 2006 - 417 pages
...Wordsworth, The Prelude 1805, book 8 do you simply mean, that such thoughts as arise in the progress of composition should be expressed in the first words...words as of second thoughts, that they are the best. — Wordsworth to RP Gillies, 22 December, 1814 (Letters MY) you know what importance I attach to following... | |
| René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pages
...150—1. 24. Brief an Gillies vom 22. Dezember 1814; Letters: Middle Years, 2. £14: »my first expression I often find detestable; and it is frequently true...second words as of second thoughts, that they are best.« 25. Brief an A. Hayward, 1828, und Brief vom 22. November 1831 (Smith, S. 243). Vgl. »Das... | |
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