The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to BayleySamuel Carter Hall H. G. Bohn, 1846 - English poetry |
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... appearance was highly prepossessing : " his head , " she says , " is finely shaped , and the forehead open , high , and noble ; his eyes are grey , and full of expression , but one is visibly larger than the other ; his mouth is the ...
... appearance was highly prepossessing : " his head , " she says , " is finely shaped , and the forehead open , high , and noble ; his eyes are grey , and full of expression , but one is visibly larger than the other ; his mouth is the ...
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... appearance before the public was as the author of " Fazio , " a Tra- gedy . It met with considerable success ; and , after it had passed the ordeal of periodical criticism , was produced on the 5th of February , 1818 , at Drury Lane ...
... appearance before the public was as the author of " Fazio , " a Tra- gedy . It met with considerable success ; and , after it had passed the ordeal of periodical criticism , was produced on the 5th of February , 1818 , at Drury Lane ...
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... appearance , the world wondered what strange fatality had hitherto obscured his genius ; it was at once acknowledged , and his " earnest perseverance " recompensed . His poems have been recently collected into three volumes . It is ...
... appearance , the world wondered what strange fatality had hitherto obscured his genius ; it was at once acknowledged , and his " earnest perseverance " recompensed . His poems have been recently collected into three volumes . It is ...
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... appearance was remarkable : his figure was diminutive and ungraceful ; but his head was of the finest and most intellectual cast ; " his face , " writes one of his most esteemed friends , was " deeply marked and full of noble lines ...
... appearance was remarkable : his figure was diminutive and ungraceful ; but his head was of the finest and most intellectual cast ; " his face , " writes one of his most esteemed friends , was " deeply marked and full of noble lines ...
Page 78
... appearance , Montgomery is rather below than above the middle stature his countenance is peculiarly bland and tranquil ; and , but for the occasional sparklings of a clear grey eye , it could scarcely be described as expressive . Very ...
... appearance , Montgomery is rather below than above the middle stature his countenance is peculiarly bland and tranquil ; and , but for the occasional sparklings of a clear grey eye , it could scarcely be described as expressive . Very ...
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