The Prose Works Of William Wordsworth Political And Ethical

Author : William Wordsworth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391591438
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. 1 of 3 written by William Wordsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. 1 of 3: For the First Time Collected, With Additions From Unpublished Manuscripts; Edited, With Preface, Notes and Illustrations; Political and Ethical IN response to a request put in the most gratifying way possible of the nearest representatives of wordsworth, the Editor has prepared this collection of his Prose Works. That this should be done for the first time herein seems somewhat remarkable, especially in the knowledge of the permanent value which the illustrious Author attached to his Prose, and that he repeatedly expressed his wish and expectation that it would be thus brought together and published, e. G. In the 'memoirs, ' speaking of his own prose writings, he said that but for coleridge's irregu larity of purpose he should probably have left much more in that kind behind him. When coleae was proposing to publish his Friend, ' he (wordsworth) had offered contributions. Coleeidge had expressed himself pleased with the offer, but said, I must arrange my principles for the work, and when that is done I shall be glad of your aid. But this arrangement of prin eiples never took place. Woedswonm added: I think my nephew, Dr. Lvordsworth, will, after my death, collect and publish all I have written in prose. On another occasion, I believe, he intimated a desire that his works in Prose should be edited by bis son-in-lmr, Afr. Quillinan. Similarly he wrote to Professor reed in 1840 'i am much pleased by what you say in your letter of the 18th May last, upon the Tract of the Convention of Cintra, and I think myself with some interest upon its being reprinted hereafter along with my other writings [in prose]. But the respect which, in common with all the rest of the rational part of the world, I bear for the duke OF wellington will prevent my reprinting the pamphlet during his lifetime. It has not been in my power to read the volumes of his Despatches, which I hear so highly spoken of but I am convinced that nothing they con tain could alter my Opinion of the injurious tendency of that or any other Convention, conducted upon such principles. It was, I repeat, gratifying to me that you should have spoken of that work as you do, and particu larly that you should have considered it in relation to my Poems, somewhat in the same manner as you had done in respect to my little volume on the Lahes.'1' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.