...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...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement." Now, however the poet's ingenuity in the advancement and vindication of his theory of phraseology may...

...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...truly, though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of oui nature, chiefly as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement."...

...poetical style, that my Lyrical Ballads were composed ; in which, as I have stated in the Preface,, humble and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition the feelings exist in a simpler form, and may, therefore, he contemplated with clearer accuracy, and communicated...

...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and it was his aim further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting, by tracing in them the primary laws of our nature. Thirty years have now shown, with sufficient clearness, that, as far...

...imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual way ; and it was his aim further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting, by tracing in them the primary laws of our nature. Thirty years have now shown, with sufficient clearness, that, as far...

...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...truly, though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of oui nature, chiefly as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement."...

...poet tells us) " further and above all, to make his incidents and situation (chosen from common life) interesting, by tracing in them, truly though not...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement," (let me take breath !) or, (as he says in another place,) " speaking in language more appropriate,...

...poet tells us) " further and above all, to make his incidents and situation (chosen from common life) interesting, by tracing in them, truly though not...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement," (let me take breath !) or, (as he says in another place,) " speaking in language more appropriate,...

...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...which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.' From these extracts it is evident, that simplicity of subject, and equal simplicity of language, must...

...colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspeet ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents...nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which ae associate ideas in a state of excitement Humlle and rustic life was generally chosen, becaute, in...