 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1892 - 270 pages
...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations...which we associate ideas in a state of / excitement.' He contends that each of his poems \ has a worthy purpose ; that ' all good poetry is the \ spontaneous... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 60 pages
...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and it was his aim farther, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting, by tracing in them the primary laws of our nature. His Excursion, which is only part of a larger and unpublished work,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 214 pages
...-these incidents and situations inter^ .',,, esting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, primary laws of our nature : chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which »e associate ideas in a state of excite'o, mentA ^Humble and rustic life was generally' chosen, !... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 288 pages
...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations...tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, primary laws of our nature : chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 284 pages
...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations...tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, primary laws of our nature : chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a... | |
 | William Angus Knight - 1893 - 342 pages
...mind in an unusual aspect." His aim is best stated in his own words. It was " above all to make those incidents and situations interesting, by tracing in them truly, though not ostentatiously, the 1 Act II. Scene iv., translated by ST Coleridge. primary laws of our nature." He selected humble and... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 250 pages
...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement. Low and rustic life was generally chosen, because, in that condition, the essential passions of the... | |
 | William Minto - 1894 - 438 pages
...the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents and associations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously,...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." It is commonly supposed that by the language really used by men Wordsworth meant colloquial language,... | |
 | William Minto - 1894 - 434 pages
...the mind in an unusual aspect ; and further, and above all, to make these incidents and associations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously,...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." It is commonly supposed that by the language really used by men Wordsworth meant colloquial language,... | |
 | William Minto - 1894 - 440 pages
...connection with Wordsworth's doctrine about the poet's main business. For, the poet being bound to study " the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement," he can do this only in his own mind ; he must study how his imagination is affected by events within... | |
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... a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, the... 
