Richard the Third: A PoemLongmans, 1845 - 278 pages |
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... history , and was desirous of seeing some of the places where its more striking incidents had taken place , Among these , Stonehenge , with its druidical stones , and Corfe Castle , at the gate of which our Anglo- Saxon king , Edward ...
... history , and was desirous of seeing some of the places where its more striking incidents had taken place , Among these , Stonehenge , with its druidical stones , and Corfe Castle , at the gate of which our Anglo- Saxon king , Edward ...
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... history , and the characters of our kings during the feudal period , became the subject of my solitary medita- tions ; and in musing over these , the popular history of our Richard III . strongly arrested my attention . When I ...
... history , and the characters of our kings during the feudal period , became the subject of my solitary medita- tions ; and in musing over these , the popular history of our Richard III . strongly arrested my attention . When I ...
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... history , as well as to have a true idea of what he really was . This might be accomplished by displaying the motives of his conduct , and the embarrass- ments , dangers , and necessities with which he was surrounded , and by which he ...
... history , as well as to have a true idea of what he really was . This might be accomplished by displaying the motives of his conduct , and the embarrass- ments , dangers , and necessities with which he was surrounded , and by which he ...
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... history of the Anglo - Saxons , and more particularly by Alfred the Great ; whose actions , studies , compositions , and character , had not been sufficiently nor satisfactorily elucidated Here was also a prominent personage in our ...
... history of the Anglo - Saxons , and more particularly by Alfred the Great ; whose actions , studies , compositions , and character , had not been sufficiently nor satisfactorily elucidated Here was also a prominent personage in our ...
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... history , or rather biography , as far as from the authentic materials I was able to conceive it . The question at first arose , in what mode of composition it should be framed — a prose romance or a poem . But as I had for my ...
... history , or rather biography , as far as from the authentic materials I was able to conceive it . The question at first arose , in what mode of composition it should be framed — a prose romance or a poem . But as I had for my ...
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