Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892: A Biographical SketchChatto and Windus, 1892 - 178 pages |
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Page 86
... Farringford . " Allusion has already been made to the Laureate's intimacy with Maurice , that bold thinker and gentle soul , who in theological speculation exerted such a powerful influence upon contemporary schools of opinion . This ...
... Farringford . " Allusion has already been made to the Laureate's intimacy with Maurice , that bold thinker and gentle soul , who in theological speculation exerted such a powerful influence upon contemporary schools of opinion . This ...
Page 88
... Farringford formed an environment worthy of a poet's genius . Behind the house there is a hill called " Mr. Tennyson's Down , " on the summit of which stands Farringford Beacon . On these glorious breezy expanses , and in the primrose ...
... Farringford formed an environment worthy of a poet's genius . Behind the house there is a hill called " Mr. Tennyson's Down , " on the summit of which stands Farringford Beacon . On these glorious breezy expanses , and in the primrose ...
Page 91
... Farringford , with its great oriel - window looking to the garden , across fields of hyacinth and self - sowed daffodils toward the sea , where the waves wash against the rock , we seem carried by a tide not unlike the ocean's sound ...
... Farringford , with its great oriel - window looking to the garden , across fields of hyacinth and self - sowed daffodils toward the sea , where the waves wash against the rock , we seem carried by a tide not unlike the ocean's sound ...
Page 92
... Farringford , and spent the evening with him and his wife . He read us out part of Maud , ' not then published , and before we left them to go to our quarters , we were taken upstairs to see the beautiful sight of their two handsome ...
... Farringford , and spent the evening with him and his wife . He read us out part of Maud , ' not then published , and before we left them to go to our quarters , we were taken upstairs to see the beautiful sight of their two handsome ...
Page 98
... Farringford , and has left his impressions on record : " I had so long known the greatest of English poets , not only through his works , but from the talk of mutual friends , that I gladly embraced an opportunity to know him personally ...
... Farringford , and has left his impressions on record : " I had so long known the greatest of English poets , not only through his works , but from the talk of mutual friends , that I gladly embraced an opportunity to know him personally ...
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