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... Nature intended him for the study , not the rostrum , and it was only with the pen that he had been given a ready outlet for his thoughts . Possessing an exterior of the finest type of manly beauty , gifted with a marvellous memory , a ...
... Nature intended him for the study , not the rostrum , and it was only with the pen that he had been given a ready outlet for his thoughts . Possessing an exterior of the finest type of manly beauty , gifted with a marvellous memory , a ...
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... natural prose order ; sometimes to substitute synonymous expressions for poetical words ; and to supply all the ellipses . Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class , even when ranged with boys by far their seniors ...
... natural prose order ; sometimes to substitute synonymous expressions for poetical words ; and to supply all the ellipses . Robert and Gilbert were generally at the upper end of the class , even when ranged with boys by far their seniors ...
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... natural history . Robert read all these books with an avidity and industry scarcely to be equalled . My father had been a subscriber to ' Stackhouse's History of the Bible . ' From this Robert collected a competent knowledge of ancient ...
... natural history . Robert read all these books with an avidity and industry scarcely to be equalled . My father had been a subscriber to ' Stackhouse's History of the Bible . ' From this Robert collected a competent knowledge of ancient ...
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... nature and young genius . It was amidst such scenes that this extra- ordinary being felt those first indefinite stirrings of im- mortal ambition , which he has himself shadowed out under the magnificent image of the " blind gropings of ...
... nature and young genius . It was amidst such scenes that this extra- ordinary being felt those first indefinite stirrings of im- mortal ambition , which he has himself shadowed out under the magnificent image of the " blind gropings of ...
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... nature breathe in every line - the images are always just , often originally happy - and the growing refinement of his ear and judgment , may be traced in the terser lan- guage and more mellow flow of each successive ballad . The best ...
... nature breathe in every line - the images are always just , often originally happy - and the growing refinement of his ear and judgment , may be traced in the terser lan- guage and more mellow flow of each successive ballad . The best ...
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Page 194 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
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Page 190 - O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?