Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing TractsWilliam and Robert Chambers, 1854 |
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... HOFFMANN : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY , " 67 TOUR IN AUVERGNE , " 68 · SHIPWRECKS , " 69 THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTERS : A TALE , MADAME DE STAËL , LIVING POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN , " 70 " 71 . " 72 EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS . 1854.
... HOFFMANN : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY , " 67 TOUR IN AUVERGNE , " 68 · SHIPWRECKS , " 69 THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTERS : A TALE , MADAME DE STAËL , LIVING POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN , " 70 " 71 . " 72 EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS . 1854.
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... poets frequently dream of enjoying , but so seldom realise . Writing to a friend , he observes : You have often heard me speak of my warfare with the Nymphs , who reign at the foot of the rocks that lose themselves in the clouds . It is ...
... poets frequently dream of enjoying , but so seldom realise . Writing to a friend , he observes : You have often heard me speak of my warfare with the Nymphs , who reign at the foot of the rocks that lose themselves in the clouds . It is ...
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... poems , and write and act plays . Life is saved , and bodily health restored . But the new régime offers nutriment in still greater abundance to the imagination , ' And pours it all upon the peccant part . ' Madame Necker was vexed and ...
... poems , and write and act plays . Life is saved , and bodily health restored . But the new régime offers nutriment in still greater abundance to the imagination , ' And pours it all upon the peccant part . ' Madame Necker was vexed and ...
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... poem and a revelation of the heart . Nothing can be more animated , lively , and even gay , than many of its scenes and descriptions ; yet a thoughtful and tender melancholy is its prevailing sentiment , and scarcely a line seems to be ...
... poem and a revelation of the heart . Nothing can be more animated , lively , and even gay , than many of its scenes and descriptions ; yet a thoughtful and tender melancholy is its prevailing sentiment , and scarcely a line seems to be ...
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... poetic , imagination , even talents -- as some of his writings shew - graceful pleasantry , a sort of irregular and unexpected wit , which stimulated hers , and gave her life the zest of variety . To these were added a profound pity on ...
... poetic , imagination , even talents -- as some of his writings shew - graceful pleasantry , a sort of irregular and unexpected wit , which stimulated hers , and gave her life the zest of variety . To these were added a profound pity on ...
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