Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British PoetsG. Routledge, 1877 - 706 Seiten |
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... of human life . May the few living men of genius who are yet included in this volume long remain amongst us , land - marks of the past , watching the dawning glories of the future ! PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE subject of the.
... of human life . May the few living men of genius who are yet included in this volume long remain amongst us , land - marks of the past , watching the dawning glories of the future ! PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE subject of the.
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... genius , is said to have been stormy , and not unvisited by necessity . We are informed that , on the deposition of Richard II , he went from Wood- stock to Donnington Castle , and thence to London , to solicit a con- tinuance of his ...
... genius , is said to have been stormy , and not unvisited by necessity . We are informed that , on the deposition of Richard II , he went from Wood- stock to Donnington Castle , and thence to London , to solicit a con- tinuance of his ...
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... genius beams and burns gloriously through its inadequate vehicle . Time , which has destroyed his house at Wood- stock , and beaten down his castle at Donnington , has not been able to effect the same ruin on his poems . The language ...
... genius beams and burns gloriously through its inadequate vehicle . Time , which has destroyed his house at Wood- stock , and beaten down his castle at Donnington , has not been able to effect the same ruin on his poems . The language ...
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... genius , to note down for the gratification of posterity the daily doings , connexions , and where- abouts of the man with whom they were so familiar . He grew rich , however , by their flocking to his theatre , and disappeared from ...
... genius , to note down for the gratification of posterity the daily doings , connexions , and where- abouts of the man with whom they were so familiar . He grew rich , however , by their flocking to his theatre , and disappeared from ...
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... genius . The praises and the practice of drunken- ness by literary men , and poets especially , have entailed infinite mischief on themselves and on their followers . What woes and degradations are connected with the history of ...
... genius . The praises and the practice of drunken- ness by literary men , and poets especially , have entailed infinite mischief on themselves and on their followers . What woes and degradations are connected with the history of ...
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