The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1W.J.Widdleton, 1865 - 413 pages |
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... play of light and shade , if happily depicted , might , it was thought , be studied with pleasure and advantage on its own account . And if this language be criticised as the heightened utterance of partial friendship , it will yet be ...
... play of light and shade , if happily depicted , might , it was thought , be studied with pleasure and advantage on its own account . And if this language be criticised as the heightened utterance of partial friendship , it will yet be ...
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... player . He also amused himself with the composition of short dramas , too unripe , as may well be supposed , for publication , but in which he already displayed that talent for drollery which he afterwards . exhibited in so elegant and ...
... player . He also amused himself with the composition of short dramas , too unripe , as may well be supposed , for publication , but in which he already displayed that talent for drollery which he afterwards . exhibited in so elegant and ...
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... player are exhibited to much advantage , he was unrivalled . He afterwards became an ex- callent tennis - player . He was also fond of whist , and played very well . It was not till the last year of his Eton life that he entered the ...
... player are exhibited to much advantage , he was unrivalled . He afterwards became an ex- callent tennis - player . He was also fond of whist , and played very well . It was not till the last year of his Eton life that he entered the ...
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... play such clear evidence of poetic faculty , in him always equal to the occasion , even when exercised at a disadvantage , that they have been deemed worthy of preservation , and will be found in the second volume of this collection ...
... play such clear evidence of poetic faculty , in him always equal to the occasion , even when exercised at a disadvantage , that they have been deemed worthy of preservation , and will be found in the second volume of this collection ...
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... reckless levity - that keen And polished sarcasm - armed with which he waged A war of dexterous sword - play , wherein few Encountered , none o'ercame him . " bility in a sense of perplexity and dissatisfaction , which 38 MEMOIR .
... reckless levity - that keen And polished sarcasm - armed with which he waged A war of dexterous sword - play , wherein few Encountered , none o'ercame him . " bility in a sense of perplexity and dissatisfaction , which 38 MEMOIR .
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Abbess Arminius beam beauteous beauty beneath blessed bliss blue bower breath bright brow charm cheek cold Count Otto courser dance dark dear DERWENT COLERIDGE dragon dream earth Eton Etonian eyes faded fair Fair Lady fairy fancy fat friars father fears flings flowers fond frown gaze grave grief half hand hath hear heard heart heaven Helen HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE holy hope hopes and fears John Moultrie King Arthur Knight Lady laugh light lips lonely look Lord Lurley lute maiden minstrel mirth murmur never Nonny o'er pain pale passion poems Praed's praise prayer rose round sigh silent sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit strange sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou wilt thought to-day to-night tone Troubadour Vidal voice Walmer Castle wandering weep Whate'er whispered wild WILLIAM SIDNEY WALKER WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED young youth