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Page vii
I feel sure you will make allowance for many shortcomings , and will charitably
believe that the Editor tried to do his best . I ani , Dear Mr. Dean , Yours very
faithfully , FREDERICK LOCKER . PREFACE . So many collections of favourite
poetical ...
I feel sure you will make allowance for many shortcomings , and will charitably
believe that the Editor tried to do his best . I ani , Dear Mr. Dean , Yours very
faithfully , FREDERICK LOCKER . PREFACE . So many collections of favourite
poetical ...
Page ix
... a kind which , in its more restricted form , has somewhat the same relation to
the poetry of losty imagination and deep feeling , that the Dresden China
Shepherds and Shepherdesses of the last century bear to the sculpture of
Donatello and ...
... a kind which , in its more restricted form , has somewhat the same relation to
the poetry of losty imagination and deep feeling , that the Dresden China
Shepherds and Shepherdesses of the last century bear to the sculpture of
Donatello and ...
Page xiii
The sew which are inserted possess an unusual breadth of feeling , or a delicacy
of treatment , which elevates them beyond the range of mere epigram , riddle ,
and parody . Some epitaphs have been admitted , their epigrammatic character ...
The sew which are inserted possess an unusual breadth of feeling , or a delicacy
of treatment , which elevates them beyond the range of mere epigram , riddle ,
and parody . Some epitaphs have been admitted , their epigrammatic character ...
Page xvii
... and who , nevertheless , amid all this froth of society , feel that there are depths
in our nature which even in the gaiety of drawing - rooms cannot be forgotten .
Theirs is the poetry of bitter - sweet , of sentiment that breaks into humour , and of
...
... and who , nevertheless , amid all this froth of society , feel that there are depths
in our nature which even in the gaiety of drawing - rooms cannot be forgotten .
Theirs is the poetry of bitter - sweet , of sentiment that breaks into humour , and of
...
Page xviii
When society becomes refined , it begins to dread the exhibition of strong feeling
, no matter whether real or simulated . If real , it disturbs the level of conversation
and of manners - if simulated , so much the worse . In such an atmosphere ...
When society becomes refined , it begins to dread the exhibition of strong feeling
, no matter whether real or simulated . If real , it disturbs the level of conversation
and of manners - if simulated , so much the worse . In such an atmosphere ...
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| Title | Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English Authors Volume 21 of Minerva library of famous books The Minerva Library Volume 21 of The Minerva library of famous books. Ed. by G. T. Bettany. [v. 21] |
| Editors | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ward, Lock, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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