The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed: With a Memoir by Derwent ColeridgeE. Moxon, 1874 |
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... never spared the pruning - knife , preferring that the literary exercises of a boy should be stiff and formal , rather than loose and careless . He required plain sense plainly spoken , and would tolerate no extravagances . But to ...
... never spared the pruning - knife , preferring that the literary exercises of a boy should be stiff and formal , rather than loose and careless . He required plain sense plainly spoken , and would tolerate no extravagances . But to ...
Page xxii
... never before attained by schoolboy genius similarly exerted - I was more and more astonished by the unbounded fertility of his mind and the readiness of his resources . He " wrote under the signature of ' Peregrine Courtenay , ' the ...
... never before attained by schoolboy genius similarly exerted - I was more and more astonished by the unbounded fertility of his mind and the readiness of his resources . He " wrote under the signature of ' Peregrine Courtenay , ' the ...
Page xxx
... never , except among the worthies of an earlier generation . It may readily be supposed that the war of words was not exclusively aroused by matters of taste or literary judgment ; the graver questions of social , political , and mental ...
... never , except among the worthies of an earlier generation . It may readily be supposed that the war of words was not exclusively aroused by matters of taste or literary judgment ; the graver questions of social , political , and mental ...
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... never swerved . Although it is not the object of this memoir to enter with any particularity upon the details of Praed's public life , it must yet be mentioned that during the years which he passed at the University , he was in active ...
... never swerved . Although it is not the object of this memoir to enter with any particularity upon the details of Praed's public life , it must yet be mentioned that during the years which he passed at the University , he was in active ...
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... never afterwards lost an opportunity of testifying his good will towards me . " An attempt was made to revive the work , chiefly with the assistance of another set of contributors . In this continuation Praed took no part , and ...
... never afterwards lost an opportunity of testifying his good will towards me . " An attempt was made to revive the work , chiefly with the assistance of another set of contributors . In this continuation Praed took no part , and ...
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Abbess beauteous beauty beneath blessed bliss bower breath bright brow CANTO 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 hand hath hear heard heart heaven Helen Henry Nelson Coleridge hope hopes and fears John Moultrie King Arthur Knight Lady laugh light lips lonely look Lord Lurley lute maiden Minstrel mirth murmur never o'er pain pale passion poems Praed Praed's praise prayer rhyme rose round sigh silent sleep smile song sorrow soul strange sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou wilt thought to-day to-night toil tone Troubadour Twas verse Vidal voice Walmer Castle wandering weep Whate'er whispered wild WILLIAM SIDNEY WALKER WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED young youth