...language of men in a state of vivid sensation." He adopted, he said, the language of men in rustic life, " because such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived." In the matter of poetic diction Wordsworth did not, in his practice, adhere to the doctrine of this...

...forms of nature." His theory of poetical diction was that it should be the language of rural life, " because such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived." Occasionally, his choice of subject was unfortunate. So far as diction is concerned, however, his practice...

...language of men in a state of vivid sensation." He adopted, he said, the language of men in rustic life, " because such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived." In the matter of poetic diction Wordsworth did not, in his practice, adhere to the doctrine of this...

...rank in society, and the sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse, being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple and nnelaborated expressions." To this I reply, that a rustic's laifguage. purified from all provincialism...

...what appear to be its 25 real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust)1 because such men hourly communicate with the best...sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse, being. _ 30 less under the influence of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple and...

...language of men in a state of vivid sensation." He adopted, he said, the language of men in rustic life, " because such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived." In the matter of poetic diction Wordsworth did not, in his practice, adhere to the doctrine of this...

...language of common life, purified from its defects, is to be adopted, because men of that station " hourly communicate with the best objects from which...part of language is originally derived ; and because, . . . being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language"; and because peasants "hourly communicate with the best objects from which...best part of language is originally derived," and " from their rank in life, and the sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse,being less under...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language"; and because peasants "hourly communicate with the best objects from which...best part of language is originally derived," and " from their rank in life, and the sameness and narrow circle of their intercourse, being less under...

...to be its real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust) because such 20 men hourly communicate with the best objects from...circle of their intercourse, being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple 25 and unelaborated expressions."...