 The appropriate business of poetry, (which, nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent as pure science,) her appropriate employment, her privilege and her duty, is to treat of things not as they are, but as they appear ; not as they exist in themselves,...  Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ... - Página 343de William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 páginas
...chiefly proceed ; but upon Youth it operates with peculiar force. The appropriate business of poetry, (which, nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent...passions. What a world of delusion does this acknowledged obligation prepare for the inexperienced! what temptations to go astray are here held forth for them... | |
 | 1845 - 452 páginas
...thing. It has been said that the business of poetry, in contradistinction to philosophy or science, is " to treat of things not as they are, but as they...exist in themselves, but as they seem to exist to the senses.and the passions." But it is difficult to say what things are except by what they seem to us,... | |
 | 1908 - 674 páginas
...S. x. 247). — Is this what MM requires in his first query ? " The appropriate business of poetry (which nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent as...her appropriate employment, her privilege and her •fluty, is to treat of things not as they are, but as they appear ; not as they exist in themselves,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1850 - 260 páginas
...early prefaces, " that the appropriate business of poetry, her appropriate employment, her privilege, her duty, is to treat of things not as they are, but...themselves, but as they seem to exist to the senses and the passions." It is, however, no depreciation of poetry to assert that its province is not to treat... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 388 páginas
...chiefly proceed ; but upon youth it operates with peculiar force. The appropriate business of Poetry, (which, nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent...her appropriate employment, her privilege and her >/nf:/, is to treat of things not as they are, but as they appear; not as they exist in themselves,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 páginas
...chiefly proceed; but upon Youth it operates with peculiar force. The appropriate business of poetry, (which, nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent...privilege and her duty, is to treat of things not as they ore, but as they appear; not as they exist in themselves, but as they seem to exist to the senses,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 874 páginas
...early prefaces, " that the appropriate business of poetry, her appropriate employment, her privilege, her duty, is to treat of things not as they are, but...appear ; not as they exist in themselves, but as they teem to exist to the senses and the passions." It is, however, no depreciation of poetry to assert... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 386 páginas
...science.) her appropriate employment, her privilege and her duty, is to treat of things not as they arc, but as they appear; not as they exist in themselves,...passions. What a world of delusion does this acknowledged obligation prepare for the inexperienced ! what temptations to go astray are here held forth for them... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 384 páginas
...chiefly proceed ; but upon youth it operates with peculiar force. The appropriate business of Poetry, (which, nevertheless, if genuine, is as permanent...privilege and her duty, is to treat of things not as they arc, but as they appear; not as they exist in themselves, but as they seem to exist to the senses,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 páginas
...operates with peculiar force. The appropriate business of poetry (which, nevertheless, if Kenuine, is as permanent as pure science) her appropriate employment,...acknowledged principle prepare for the inexperienced i what temptations to go astray are here held forth for those whose thoughts have been little disciplined... | |
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