Lord Tennyson: A Biographical SketchChatto and Windus, Picadilly, 1884 - 270 pages |
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... young poet used to wander and meditate . " The physiography of Somersby is described in a few bold touches by the Rev. D. Rawnsley , a connection of the poet's by marriage . " To the north , " he says , " rises the long peak of the wold ...
... young poet used to wander and meditate . " The physiography of Somersby is described in a few bold touches by the Rev. D. Rawnsley , a connection of the poet's by marriage . " To the north , " he says , " rises the long peak of the wold ...
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... young Tennysons were consequently thrown very much on their own resources . In this remote Lincolnshire home , the great roll of circumstance that quickened the pulses of the outer world was slow to make its echoes heard . These ...
... young Tennysons were consequently thrown very much on their own resources . In this remote Lincolnshire home , the great roll of circumstance that quickened the pulses of the outer world was slow to make its echoes heard . These ...
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... ' Seasons , ' the only poetry he had ever read . One can picture it all to one's self , the flowers in the garden , the verses , the little poet with waiting eyes , and the young brother scanning the lines . ' Yes , you LORD TENNYSON . 13.
... ' Seasons , ' the only poetry he had ever read . One can picture it all to one's self , the flowers in the garden , the verses , the little poet with waiting eyes , and the young brother scanning the lines . ' Yes , you LORD TENNYSON . 13.
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A Biographical Sketch Henry James Jennings. young brother scanning the lines . ' Yes , you can write , ' said Charles , and he gave Alfred back the slate . I have also heard another story , of his grandfather , later on , asking him to ...
A Biographical Sketch Henry James Jennings. young brother scanning the lines . ' Yes , you can write , ' said Charles , and he gave Alfred back the slate . I have also heard another story , of his grandfather , later on , asking him to ...
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... young poet's fancy . He fell under the wand of the magician Scott , whose sorcery , in turn , gave place to the grander sway of Byron . When he was nearly fifteen , the news of Byron's death filtered through the slow channels . of ...
... young poet's fancy . He fell under the wand of the magician Scott , whose sorcery , in turn , gave place to the grander sway of Byron . When he was nearly fifteen , the news of Byron's death filtered through the slow channels . of ...
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