Lord Tennyson: A Biographical SketchChatto and Windus, Picadilly, 1884 - 270 pages |
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... England ; not the schoolboy heat , The blind hysterics of the Celt ; " And manhood fused with female grace In such a sort , the child would twine A trustful hand , unasked , in thine , And find his comfort in thy face . Thy converse ...
... England ; not the schoolboy heat , The blind hysterics of the Celt ; " And manhood fused with female grace In such a sort , the child would twine A trustful hand , unasked , in thine , And find his comfort in thy face . Thy converse ...
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... England and her institutions . " Passages in these youthful productions have received the rare honour of becoming crystallized into popular quotations . It is worthy of remark that , in “ You ask me why " and " Love thou thy land ...
... England and her institutions . " Passages in these youthful productions have received the rare honour of becoming crystallized into popular quotations . It is worthy of remark that , in “ You ask me why " and " Love thou thy land ...
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... England - the latter , Tennyson , being by far the most eminent of the young poets . He is an admirer of Goethe , and I had a long tête - à - tête with him about the great poet . We waited for the eighth - a lady " ( the Hon . Mrs ...
... England - the latter , Tennyson , being by far the most eminent of the young poets . He is an admirer of Goethe , and I had a long tête - à - tête with him about the great poet . We waited for the eighth - a lady " ( the Hon . Mrs ...
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... England lose the wreath ! " Let's cast the lots among us now , which two shall fight to - morrow : - For armour bright we'll club our mite , and horses we can borrow . ' Twere shame that bards of France should sneer , and German ...
... England lose the wreath ! " Let's cast the lots among us now , which two shall fight to - morrow : - For armour bright we'll club our mite , and horses we can borrow . ' Twere shame that bards of France should sneer , and German ...
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... England and France in the conclusion , have been introduced since the first . There are also several omissions , the most considerable of which is a passage of twenty - five lines withdrawn from the princess's angry speech to Lady ...
... England and France in the conclusion , have been introduced since the first . There are also several omissions , the most considerable of which is a passage of twenty - five lines withdrawn from the princess's angry speech to Lady ...
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