Quotes from William Wordsworth's books, and about them
Kim on The Excursion: “There were marks to be gained by due attention to Latin and Wordsworth's Excursion (all this was Greek to Kim).”
Don Juan on The Excursion: “And Wordsworth in a rather long Excursion (I think the quarto holds five hundred pages) Has given a sample from the vasty version Of his new system to perplex the sages.”
Main Street on We Are Seven: “And there's that 'I met a little country boy who----' I don't remember exactly how it goes, but the chorus ends up, 'We are seven.'”
The Water-Babies on Ode to Duty: ““Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead’s most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face:”
John Halifax, Gentleman on Lyrical Ballads: “…in fact, a collection of Lyrical Ballads, brought out that year by a young man named Mr. William Wordsworth, and some anonymous friend, conjointly.”
Babel on Oxford, May 30, 1820: “WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 'Oxford, May 30, 1820' (chapter epigraph) (epigraph)”
Don Juan on Peter Bell: “'Pedlars,' and 'Boats,' and 'Waggons!' Oh! ye shades Of Pope and Dryden, are we come to this? … The 'little boatman' and his 'Peter Bell' Can sneer at him who drew 'Achitophel'!”