...of two sorts. In the one, the incidents and agents were to be, in part at least, supernatuAa ral ; and the excellence aimed at was to consist in the...that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, Wihich constitutes poetic faith. Mr. Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself as his...

...Ballads" of Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Coleridge, of which the latter gives the following account.: — " During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were...the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his grand object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous...

...real in this sense they have been to every human being who, from whatever source of delusion, lias at any time believed himself under supernatural agency....the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his grand object, to give the clwrm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous...

...persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic ; yet so as to transfer from our inward natnre a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient...the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his grand object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous...

...In this idea originated the plan of the "Lyrical Ballads ;" in which it was agreed that my endeavors ond, silly, or nonsensical, — or (to use their own phrase) by never forfeiting everyday, and to excite afeeling analogous to the supernatural, by awakening the mind's attention from...

...resided at Nether Stowey, and Mr. Wordsworth at Alfoxton. Ed.] 20* which it was agreed, that my endeavors should be directed to persons and characters supernatural,...that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, "^Wiich constitutes poetic faith. Mr. Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself as his...

...In this idea originated the plan of the "Lyrical Ballads ;" in which it was agreed that my endeavors should be directed to persons and characters supernatural,...disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic fuith. Mr. Wordsworth, on the other hand, was to propose to himself, as his object, to give the charm...

...this idea originated the plan of the ' Lyrical ballads ;' in which it was agreed that my endeavors should be directed to persons and characters supernatural,...disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith." "With this view I wrote the 'Ancient Mariner,' and was preparing, »mong other poems, the ' Dark Ladie,'...

...this idea originated the plan of the ' Lyrical ballads ;' in which it was agreed that my endeavors should be directed to persons and characters supernatural,...disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic &ith." "With this view I wrote the ' Ancient Mariner,' and was preparing, among other poems, the '...

...(London, 1847, vol. ii. p. 1) will be read with interest, and find an appropriate place here : — ' During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were...every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the unhealthy and vicious state. It had been corrupted by an artificial literature, tricked out in gaudy...