The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed: With a Memoir by Derwent ColeridgeE. Moxon, 1874 |
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Page ix
... play of light and shade , if happily depicted , might , it was thought , be studied with plea- sure 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 plea- sure and advantage on its own account . And if this language be criticised as the heightened utterance of partial friendship , it will yet be ...
Page xiv
... 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 ...
Page xxi
... plays the same facility of expression , the same lively observation , and very much of the same wit and fancy whether he writes in prose or verse . " " The possessors of the " Etonian are referred to the articles " Old Boots ...
... plays the same facility of expression , the same lively observation , and very much of the same wit and fancy whether he writes in prose or verse . " " The possessors of the " Etonian are referred to the articles " Old Boots ...
Page xxiv
... player are exhibited to much advantage , he was unri- valled . He afterwards became an excellent 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 unri- valled . He afterwards became an excellent 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 ...
Page xxxi
... 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 . " It is probable that he felt more keenly than most MEMOIR . xxxi.
... 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 . " It is probable that he felt more keenly than most MEMOIR . xxxi.
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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