...language of common life, purified from its defects, is to be adopted, because men of that station " hourly communicate with the best objects from which...part of language is originally derived ; and because, . . . being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple...

...appear to be its real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust) because 15 such men hourly communicate with the best objects...circle of their intercourse, being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in ao simple and unelaborated expressions."...

...maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language ' ; because rustics 'hourly communicate with the best objects from which...part of language is originally derived, and because . . . being less under the influence of social vanity, they convey their feelings and notions in simple...

...indeed from what appear to be its real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust) because such men hourly communicate with...influence of social vanity, they convey their feelings aud notions in simple and unelaborated expressions. Accordingly, such a language, arising out of repeated...

...indeed from what appear to be its real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust) because such men hourly communicate with...circle of their intercourse, being less under the action of social vanity, they convey their That in her womb the infant wrought About its mother's heart,...

...the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity ', and because ' such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived'. It is in this spirit that we must read him if we would understand his message aright. Most people when...

...objects from which the best part of language is originally derived; and because, from their rank and society and the sameness and narrow circle of their...simple and unelaborated expressions. Accordingly, such language, arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings, is a more permanent, and a far more...

...restraint, and speak a plainer, more emphatic language. . . . The language of these men has been adopted because such men hourly communicate with the best...the best part of language is originally derived." As a theory of poetic style, Scott would have scouted these ideas — but quite unconsciously he acted...

...strongest motive appears clearly in the short sentence where he says that in a humble condition of life ' men hourly communicate with the best objects from...the best part of language is originally derived.' Coleridge made short work of this philological theory. But its interest remains ; for it shows that...

...men," and especially of the language used " in humble and rustic life " ; the peasants are people who " hourly communicate with the best objects from which...the best part of language is originally derived." Wordsworth's hatred of the false and showy diction, which he found everywhere accepted as the one language...