Introduction. Rienzi. Foscari. Julian. Charles IHurst and Blackett, 1854 |
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... poor plays may be as mercifully dealt with as if they were indeed published by my exe- cutor , and the hand that wrote them were laid in peaceful rest , where the sun glances through the great elm - trees in the beautiful church - yard ...
... poor plays may be as mercifully dealt with as if they were indeed published by my exe- cutor , and the hand that wrote them were laid in peaceful rest , where the sun glances through the great elm - trees in the beautiful church - yard ...
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... poor Miss Landon ) , there chanced to be an old pupil of the establishment who , having lived , as the phrase goes , in several families of distinction , was at that time disengaged , and in search of a situation as governess . This ...
... poor Miss Landon ) , there chanced to be an old pupil of the establishment who , having lived , as the phrase goes , in several families of distinction , was at that time disengaged , and in search of a situation as governess . This ...
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... poor , that it became a duty to earn money if I could , and how I could , and so I determined to write a play . In my very early girlhood , I had followed my destiny as a pupil of Miss Rowden , by committing the sin of rhyming . No less ...
... poor , that it became a duty to earn money if I could , and how I could , and so I determined to write a play . In my very early girlhood , I had followed my destiny as a pupil of Miss Rowden , by committing the sin of rhyming . No less ...
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... poor Haydon , whose quick and ardent spirit lent him wings on such an occasion , and who had full sympathy with my love for a large canvas , however indifferently filled . Before leaving " Foscari , " it is well to say that two ...
... poor Haydon , whose quick and ardent spirit lent him wings on such an occasion , and who had full sympathy with my love for a large canvas , however indifferently filled . Before leaving " Foscari , " it is well to say that two ...
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... to those places as my poor gift of word - painting could make them ; and in all , I may say , or nearly all , I have , I cannot tell why , put more of my own pecu- liar thoughts and fancies than in any other of my xxxii INTRODUCTION .
... to those places as my poor gift of word - painting could make them ; and in all , I may say , or nearly all , I have , I cannot tell why , put more of my own pecu- liar thoughts and fancies than in any other of my xxxii INTRODUCTION .
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