The Last Essays of EliaJ.M. Dent and Company, 1903 - 277 pages |
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... torch That can its light relumine- such a book , for instance , as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle , by his Duchess - no casket is rich enough , no casing sufficiently durable , to honour and keep safe 44 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
... torch That can its light relumine- such a book , for instance , as the Life of the Duke of Newcastle , by his Duchess - no casket is rich enough , no casing sufficiently durable , to honour and keep safe 44 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
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... honour's self to thee grant highest place ! XII . Highway , since you my chief Parnassus be ; And that my Muse , to some ears not unsweet , Tempers her words to trampling horses ' feet , More soft than to a chamber melody ; Now blessed ...
... honour's self to thee grant highest place ! XII . Highway , since you my chief Parnassus be ; And that my Muse , to some ears not unsweet , Tempers her words to trampling horses ' feet , More soft than to a chamber melody ; Now blessed ...
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... honour of Beauty , divine Spenser platonising , sings : - 66 . Every spirit as it is more pure And hath in it the more of heavenly light , So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in , and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and ...
... honour of Beauty , divine Spenser platonising , sings : - 66 . Every spirit as it is more pure And hath in it the more of heavenly light , So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in , and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | x |
HeadpieceBlakesmoor | 5 |
The terror of luckless poacher | 13 |
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LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA Charles 1775-1834 Lamb,Augustine 1850-1933 Birrell,C. E. (Charles Edmund) 1870-1938 Brock No preview available - 2016 |
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