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peruse
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Preface to Lyrical Ballads
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- Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1802) The first Volume of these Poems has already been submitted to general perusal.†
*perusal = act of reading or examining
- The metre of the old Ballads is very artless; yet they contain many passages which would illustrate this opinion, and, I hope, if the following Poems be attentively perused, similar instances will be found in them.†
perused = read or examined
- This opinion may be further illustrated by appealing to the Reader's own experience of the reluctance with which he comes to the re-perusal of the distressful parts of Clarissa Harlowe, or the Gamester.†
perusal = act of reading or examining
- From what has been said, and from a perusal of the Poems, the Reader will be able clearly to perceive the object which I have proposed to myself: he will determine how far I have attained this object; and, what is a much more important question, whether it be worth attaining; and upon the decision of these two questions will rest my claim to the approbation of the public.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(peruse) to read or examine
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)