 DURING the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours, our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power of...  Blackwood's Magazine - Sida 5331834Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1872
...grassy combs, they discussed the uses of poetry, — " the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature —...of giving the interest of novelty, by the modifying colors of imagination." With their eyes upon the beautiful landscape below — the "woods, smooth downs,... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874
...turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The thought suggested itself that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts. In the one, the incidents... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875
...frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry — the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power I of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1880
...cardinal points of poetiy. These are, he says : — The power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature and...modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1880
...frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry — the power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset, diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
 | 1924
...their belief as to the two cardinal points of poetry: "The power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of Nature, and...of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colors of the imagination." — Biographia Literaiia. While interested greatly in the supernatural,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882
...poetry which they were so fond of discussing — "the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature —...novelty by the modifying colours of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out into brilliant prominence... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Margaret Oliphant - 1882
...the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature—and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out into brilliant prominence... | |
 | 1883
...poetry which they were so fond of discussing — " the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colors of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883
...power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and tho power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
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