The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... poetry ; and I have still in mind some of my juvenile effusions , which my mother often rewarded with sugar - plums , but my father with birch . My chief delight was in the " Poet's corner " of a newspaper ; but I con- sidered a Review ...
... poetry ; and I have still in mind some of my juvenile effusions , which my mother often rewarded with sugar - plums , but my father with birch . My chief delight was in the " Poet's corner " of a newspaper ; but I con- sidered a Review ...
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... poets crowd the sacred haunts of St. Giles's - if the soil of Birmingham is fertile in the flowers of eloquence - if ... poetry ) —most formidable in appearance , and by no means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer ...
... poets crowd the sacred haunts of St. Giles's - if the soil of Birmingham is fertile in the flowers of eloquence - if ... poetry ) —most formidable in appearance , and by no means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer ...
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... since I read Mr. Southey's Laureate odes , the poetic feelings of a Stubbs have stedfastly at- tached me to Church and King : nor shall I ever forget the solemn warning given me by my god- mother NO . I. ] THE ETON MISCELLANY . 25.
... since I read Mr. Southey's Laureate odes , the poetic feelings of a Stubbs have stedfastly at- tached me to Church and King : nor shall I ever forget the solemn warning given me by my god- mother NO . I. ] THE ETON MISCELLANY . 25.
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... though it is probable enough they have discovered it already without my assistance , that I am no very great poet ; were it not for my outlandish friends , Malek the Moor , and Glenartney , I fear I should 46 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
... though it is probable enough they have discovered it already without my assistance , that I am no very great poet ; were it not for my outlandish friends , Malek the Moor , and Glenartney , I fear I should 46 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
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... poetry , in which his style is decidedly national , seldom adhering to the vulgar restrictions of rhyme , and occasionally o'erstepping the modesty of reason . It will no more bear comparison with the standard of legitimate poetry ...
... poetry , in which his style is decidedly national , seldom adhering to the vulgar restrictions of rhyme , and occasionally o'erstepping the modesty of reason . It will no more bear comparison with the standard of legitimate poetry ...
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