a multitude causes, unknown former times, now acting a combined force — William Wordsworth, Preface Lyrical Ballads

Preface to the Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth

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For a multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor… To this tendency of life and manners the literature and theatrical exhibitions of the country have conformed themselves.

William Wordsworth, Preface to the Lyrical Ballads

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