Lord Tennyson: A Biographical SketchChatto and Windus, Picadilly, 1884 - 270 pages |
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... volume of poems , called " Days and Hours , " some of which have the true poetic ring about them ; but there is a greater wealth of imagery and a subtler depth of thought in his unpublished " Greek Legends . " His letters are well ...
... volume of poems , called " Days and Hours , " some of which have the true poetic ring about them ; but there is a greater wealth of imagery and a subtler depth of thought in his unpublished " Greek Legends . " His letters are well ...
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... volume , of two hundred and twenty- eight pages , bore for its motto on the title - page the quotation from Martial , " Hæc nos novimus esse nihil , ” — a self - depreciatory acknowledgment not entirely consistent with the boldness of ...
... volume , of two hundred and twenty- eight pages , bore for its motto on the title - page the quotation from Martial , " Hæc nos novimus esse nihil , ” — a self - depreciatory acknowledgment not entirely consistent with the boldness of ...
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... volume are to be attributed to Lord Tennyson . A painstaking bibliographer , after a minute an- alysis of each poem and a comparison with later and acknowledged writings , concludes that " An- tony to Cleopatra , " " The Old Sword ...
... volume are to be attributed to Lord Tennyson . A painstaking bibliographer , after a minute an- alysis of each poem and a comparison with later and acknowledged writings , concludes that " An- tony to Cleopatra , " " The Old Sword ...
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... volume exhibits a pleasing union of kindred tastes , and contains several little pieces of considerable merit . ” To criticise these juvenilia in any serious spirit were a purposeless task , even if we could decide with absolute ...
... volume exhibits a pleasing union of kindred tastes , and contains several little pieces of considerable merit . ” To criticise these juvenilia in any serious spirit were a purposeless task , even if we could decide with absolute ...
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... volume is now exceedingly rare , and commands a high price in the book - market . The influence of Hal- lam's culture had already made itself felt on the poet's work , although not to the extent that became subsequently apparent , and ...
... volume is now exceedingly rare , and commands a high price in the book - market . The influence of Hal- lam's culture had already made itself felt on the poet's work , although not to the extent that became subsequently apparent , and ...
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