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... vicar nearly forty years . During his incumbency many important improvements were made in the beautiful parish church , now undergoing restoration by HIS GREAT - GRANDFATHER . 7 Sir Gilbert Scott . 6 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
... vicar nearly forty years . During his incumbency many important improvements were made in the beautiful parish church , now undergoing restoration by HIS GREAT - GRANDFATHER . 7 Sir Gilbert Scott . 6 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
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... beautiful drive , and dined with us at Cockwood , where I slept , and went , next morn- ing , to Bishop's Teignton , to see my uncle and On the road I made the following verses for you : - aunt . Alone , on horseback , from the wood of ...
... beautiful drive , and dined with us at Cockwood , where I slept , and went , next morn- ing , to Bishop's Teignton , to see my uncle and On the road I made the following verses for you : - aunt . Alone , on horseback , from the wood of ...
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... merits no English translation has yet done full justice ; and of Ovid , whom he denominates ' the most beautiful of all descriptive poets , ' Mr. Hodg- FRAGMENT FROM STATIUS . 65 son , we are confident 64 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
... merits no English translation has yet done full justice ; and of Ovid , whom he denominates ' the most beautiful of all descriptive poets , ' Mr. Hodg- FRAGMENT FROM STATIUS . 65 son , we are confident 64 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
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... beautiful address to Sleep , in the ' Sylvæ ' of Statius ( v . 4 ) , which is translated at page 460 , commences thus How have I wrong'd thee , Sleep , thou gentlest power Of heav'n ! that I alone , at night's dread hour , Still from ...
... beautiful address to Sleep , in the ' Sylvæ ' of Statius ( v . 4 ) , which is translated at page 460 , commences thus How have I wrong'd thee , Sleep , thou gentlest power Of heav'n ! that I alone , at night's dread hour , Still from ...
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... beautiful picture reminds one of all that is soft and fresh and brilliant in the loveliest sea - pieces of Claude , whose delicate and alluring style has been less frequently attempted by the strong hand of Juvenal than the coarser ...
... beautiful picture reminds one of all that is soft and fresh and brilliant in the loveliest sea - pieces of Claude , whose delicate and alluring style has been less frequently attempted by the strong hand of Juvenal than the coarser ...
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