Selections From Wordsworth
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Selections From Wordsworth: With a Brief Sketch of His Life No course of reading for teachers would be complete from which has been omitted the greatest name in English literature since Milton. William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, a town among the Cumberland hills, April 7, 1770. His father was an attorney, and was agent for the estate of the first Earl of Lonsdale. His mother died when he was in his eighth year, and his father five years afterward. He first attended school at Penrith, whither his parents had gone to reside, and after his mother´s death he was transferred to the public school at Hawkshead; he remained in this school until 1787, when, under the guardianship of his uncles, he entered St. John´s College, Cambridge. Neither at Hawkshead nor Cambridge did he exhibit the traits of the student. He disliked both discipline and systematic study, but read a good deal, after a desultory fashion, particularly of the English classics. He took his bachelor´s degree in 1791, but without distinction. After taking this degree, he resided in France for more than a year. This brought him into immediate contact with the French revolution, which filled him with enthusiasm. He became intimate with the party of the Gironde, but whilst he was meditating the taking of an active part in the direction of the revolution, circumstances compelled his return to England. This was just before his Girondist friends were sent in a body to the scaffold. If it had not been for this timely return, possibly he might have shared their fate. 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.
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