Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... once asked to receive into the school the son of a planter whose wealth was raised in great part by slave labour . With his detestation of slavery the first thought was to refuse ; but afterwards reflecting that the boy might receive ...
... once asked to receive into the school the son of a planter whose wealth was raised in great part by slave labour . With his detestation of slavery the first thought was to refuse ; but afterwards reflecting that the boy might receive ...
Page xii
... once had of an engine rushing through the darkness along a high embankment , drawing after it a cloud of flame and fiery steam ' . In this fraternity Birkbeck Hill was not unfrequently in the company of Rossetti , who , ' with a ...
... once had of an engine rushing through the darkness along a high embankment , drawing after it a cloud of flame and fiery steam ' . In this fraternity Birkbeck Hill was not unfrequently in the company of Rossetti , who , ' with a ...
Page xiv
... once said to Birkbeck Hill , it was easy to see that every subject was entrusted to a writer who was master of it . For many years he was a regular contributor , his last review , I believe , appearing in 1884 , in the year after ...
... once said to Birkbeck Hill , it was easy to see that every subject was entrusted to a writer who was master of it . For many years he was a regular contributor , his last review , I believe , appearing in 1884 , in the year after ...
Page xv
... once his health seemed almost hopelessly broken down . One hindrance to his literary work was , however , removed in 1877 , for a complete and alarming breakdown , accompanied by distress- ing asthma , made him finally resolve to give ...
... once his health seemed almost hopelessly broken down . One hindrance to his literary work was , however , removed in 1877 , for a complete and alarming breakdown , accompanied by distress- ing asthma , made him finally resolve to give ...
Page xviii
... once set about the work of saving the series from dispersion ; but for some weeks he almost despaired of finding a purchaser . In his trouble he consulted the late Master of Balliol , to whom as ' Johnsonianissimus ' the edition of ...
... once set about the work of saving the series from dispersion ; but for some weeks he almost despaired of finding a purchaser . In his trouble he consulted the late Master of Balliol , to whom as ' Johnsonianissimus ' the edition of ...
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