Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, Volume 2Macmillan, 1897 |
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... give him a little advice : he denied that he came with any political purpose to England , merely to thank the English for their kindness to him , and the interest they ' ENOCH ARDEN had taken in himself and all Italian I - 2 FATHER, 1864.
... give him a little advice : he denied that he came with any political purpose to England , merely to thank the English for their kindness to him , and the interest they ' ENOCH ARDEN had taken in himself and all Italian I - 2 FATHER, 1864.
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... Thank you , ma'am , " one old lady said , " but I'd give all I had for that other beautiful tract which you read t'other day ( a sentiment which was echoed by the others ) , it did me a power of good . " This pleased him ; he " was glad ...
... Thank you , ma'am , " one old lady said , " but I'd give all I had for that other beautiful tract which you read t'other day ( a sentiment which was echoed by the others ) , it did me a power of good . " This pleased him ; he " was glad ...
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... thanks for your volume of Essays , one of which I had read before , in the Cornhill I think . The world , and especially the schools of our younger poets , would be none the worse for lending you an attentive ear . I may remark that you ...
... thanks for your volume of Essays , one of which I had read before , in the Cornhill I think . The world , and especially the schools of our younger poets , would be none the worse for lending you an attentive ear . I may remark that you ...
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... thanks for the " Selection from the Poems , " expressing her cordial satisfaction on hearing that this " admirable selection from your poems will thus be brought within the reach of the poorest amongst the subjects of Her Majesty . " A ...
... thanks for the " Selection from the Poems , " expressing her cordial satisfaction on hearing that this " admirable selection from your poems will thus be brought within the reach of the poorest amongst the subjects of Her Majesty . " A ...
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... Thanks to the kindness of a soldier we got inside the palace , and saw the rooms where Goethe lived so much with the Grand Duke and Duchess . Next morning we secured a commissionaire , who took A. and the boys inside the Fürstengruft ...
... Thanks to the kindness of a soldier we got inside the palace , and saw the rooms where Goethe lived so much with the Grand Duke and Duchess . Next morning we secured a commissionaire , who took A. and the boys inside the Fürstengruft ...
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