The Poetical Works of Laman BlanchardChatto and Windus, 1876 - 359 pages |
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... thoughts , ex- pressed with perspicuity and clearness . Such I have found in the specimens given of your high talent , of which I should have remained ignorant but for accident , as , like all persons of decided genius , you are silent ...
... thoughts , ex- pressed with perspicuity and clearness . Such I have found in the specimens given of your high talent , of which I should have remained ignorant but for accident , as , like all persons of decided genius , you are silent ...
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... thought my tome would have spurred you on , knowing your emulative spirit , to a new book of your own ; but no , you won't , because you are wished to do it . ' Do give one of your best and newest verse , ' or 1 • SHAKESPEARE . The ...
... thought my tome would have spurred you on , knowing your emulative spirit , to a new book of your own ; but no , you won't , because you are wished to do it . ' Do give one of your best and newest verse , ' or 1 • SHAKESPEARE . The ...
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... thought it very bad . Will that serve your turn ? I tried to read two or three others , but never com- passed the first vol . of either of them . The merit of his book appeared to me its research and literal C truth ; it wants life ...
... thought it very bad . Will that serve your turn ? I tried to read two or three others , but never com- passed the first vol . of either of them . The merit of his book appeared to me its research and literal C truth ; it wants life ...
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... thought of ; and secondly , that the clerkships were only a matter of 180 at first ; that the higher grades were only gained by seniority in office ; that it was very unadvisable to begin unless very young - 17 or 18 - as otherwise it ...
... thought of ; and secondly , that the clerkships were only a matter of 180 at first ; that the higher grades were only gained by seniority in office ; that it was very unadvisable to begin unless very young - 17 or 18 - as otherwise it ...
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... thought me unkind or inattentive in not coming last night , after my formal promises on Sunday ; but I could not help myself . I paraded nearly half an hour up and down the corner of the street here at four o'clock , waiting for the ...
... thought me unkind or inattentive in not coming last night , after my formal promises on Sunday ; but I could not help myself . I paraded nearly half an hour up and down the corner of the street here at four o'clock , waiting for the ...
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