By the new
constitution
of 1790, to which the French king
took an oath of fidelity, his power was reduced to a shadow, and two
years later France became a Republic.
took an oath of fidelity, his power was reduced to a shadow, and two
years later France became a Republic.
William Wordsworth
--Ed.
]
[Footnote b: Debt and despondency; flight to London; enlistment in the
Dragoons; residence in Bristol; Republican lectures; scheme, along with
Southey, for founding a new community in America; its abandonment; his
marriage; life at Nether Stowey; editing 'The Watchman'; lecturing on
Shakespeare; contributing to 'The Morning Chronicle'; preaching in
Unitarian pulpits; publishing his 'Juvenile Poems', etc. etc. ; and
throughout eccentric, impetuous, original--with contagious enthusiasm
and overflowing genius--but erratic, self-confident, and unstable. --Ed. ]
[Footnote c: Robert Jones, of Plas-yn-llan, near Ruthin, Denbighshire,
to whom the 'Descriptive Sketches', which record the tour, were
dedicated. --Ed. ]
[Footnote d: See 'Descriptive Sketches', vol. i. p. 35. --Ed. ]
[Footnote e: Compare Shakespeare, 'Sonnets', 16:
'Now stand you on the top of happy hours. '
Ed. ]
[Footnote f: In 1790, most of what could be shaken in the order of
European, and especially of French society and government, _was_ shaken
and changed.
By the new constitution of 1790, to which the French king
took an oath of fidelity, his power was reduced to a shadow, and two
years later France became a Republic.
"We crossed at the time," wrote Wordsworth to his sister, "when the
whole nation was mad with joy in consequence of the Revolution. "
Ed. ]
[Footnote g:
"We went staff in hand, without knapsacks, and carrying each his
needments tied up in a pocket handkerchief, with about twenty pounds
a-piece in our pockets. "
W. W. ('Autobiographical Memoranda. )--Ed. ]
[Footnote h: July 14, 1790.
"We crossed from Dover and landed at Calais, on the eve of the day
when the King was to swear fidelity to the new constitution: an event
which was solemnised with due pomp at Calais. "
W. W. ('Autobiographical Memoranda. ') See also the sonnet "dedicated to
National Independence and Liberty," vol. ii. p.
[Footnote b: Debt and despondency; flight to London; enlistment in the
Dragoons; residence in Bristol; Republican lectures; scheme, along with
Southey, for founding a new community in America; its abandonment; his
marriage; life at Nether Stowey; editing 'The Watchman'; lecturing on
Shakespeare; contributing to 'The Morning Chronicle'; preaching in
Unitarian pulpits; publishing his 'Juvenile Poems', etc. etc. ; and
throughout eccentric, impetuous, original--with contagious enthusiasm
and overflowing genius--but erratic, self-confident, and unstable. --Ed. ]
[Footnote c: Robert Jones, of Plas-yn-llan, near Ruthin, Denbighshire,
to whom the 'Descriptive Sketches', which record the tour, were
dedicated. --Ed. ]
[Footnote d: See 'Descriptive Sketches', vol. i. p. 35. --Ed. ]
[Footnote e: Compare Shakespeare, 'Sonnets', 16:
'Now stand you on the top of happy hours. '
Ed. ]
[Footnote f: In 1790, most of what could be shaken in the order of
European, and especially of French society and government, _was_ shaken
and changed.
By the new constitution of 1790, to which the French king
took an oath of fidelity, his power was reduced to a shadow, and two
years later France became a Republic.
"We crossed at the time," wrote Wordsworth to his sister, "when the
whole nation was mad with joy in consequence of the Revolution. "
Ed. ]
[Footnote g:
"We went staff in hand, without knapsacks, and carrying each his
needments tied up in a pocket handkerchief, with about twenty pounds
a-piece in our pockets. "
W. W. ('Autobiographical Memoranda. )--Ed. ]
[Footnote h: July 14, 1790.
"We crossed from Dover and landed at Calais, on the eve of the day
when the King was to swear fidelity to the new constitution: an event
which was solemnised with due pomp at Calais. "
W. W. ('Autobiographical Memoranda. ') See also the sonnet "dedicated to
National Independence and Liberty," vol. ii. p.
