This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... In addition to his friendship with Beaupuy, which was founded on sympathy with the Revolutionary cause and an intellectual affinity between the young men, Wordsworth enjoyed intimate relations with a French family of conservative, royalist views, named Vallon, residing in the neighborhood of Blois. He ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... In addition to his friendship with Beaupuy, which was founded on sympathy with the Revolutionary cause and an intellectual affinity between the young men, Wordsworth enjoyed intimate relations with a French family of conservative, royalist views, named Vallon, residing in the neighborhood of Blois. He was thus in a position to hear both sides of the controversy, and we know from a passage in the ninth book of "The Prelude" that he sometimes allowed the traditions of ancient France to soften with romantic glamour the sternness of his republican principles: Imagination, potent to inflame At times with virtuous wrath and noble scorn, Did often also mitigate the force Of civic prejudice, the bigotry, So call it, of a youthful patriot's mind. At this period of his life, as is proved by his dissensions with his family and by his letters, the young poet was very outspoken. France was one vast debating society, and he was not the man to shrink from expressing his views. At the daily meetings of the Revolutionary club he could hear the fundamental principles of government discussed, could pick up the latest news, hot from the central hearth of Paris, and though not permitted to speak himself, could witness Beaupuy's oratorical triumphs. Apart from the sessions of the club and conversation with the friends already alluded to, he must have found the social resources of Blois extremely limited. The town, having lost its distinction as a royal residence and an ecclesiastical centre, was dull and colorless, except for the one hour of intense patriotic fervor and the one place where all vital interests converged. We must not forget, too, that Wordsworth's ostensible purpose in residing in France was to master the language. It is, for all these reasons, ...
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Very Good in Good jacket. 6 x 8 1/2. Signed by Author 162 page hardcover-Preface and 8 essays. White dust jacket is lightly soiled. Full cloth exterior with title on front cover and spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Inscribed by author to prior owner on front free endpaper.
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