Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888)J. Murray, 1938 - 280 pages |
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... beautiful things ? " — as though Her Majesty had picked them up ' at an antique shop . The Queen's answer , as he remarked , was an excellent one , kind , but dignified and completely conclusive : " I inherited them , Mr. Lear . " We ...
... beautiful things ? " — as though Her Majesty had picked them up ' at an antique shop . The Queen's answer , as he remarked , was an excellent one , kind , but dignified and completely conclusive : " I inherited them , Mr. Lear . " We ...
Page 175
... beautiful . To me these Corsican Alps , ' he wrote , ' like their Swiss brethren , seem generally more awful than lovely . ' With the discrimination of an artist , he felt that a mountain , to be beautiful , must have some quality above ...
... beautiful . To me these Corsican Alps , ' he wrote , ' like their Swiss brethren , seem generally more awful than lovely . ' With the discrimination of an artist , he felt that a mountain , to be beautiful , must have some quality above ...
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... beautiful of all earthly buildings . ' It would be tedious to give a catalogue of all the places that Lear visited during his Indian tour - but it is certain that few , either before or since , have made so complete a survey , in so ...
... beautiful of all earthly buildings . ' It would be tedious to give a catalogue of all the places that Lear visited during his Indian tour - but it is certain that few , either before or since , have made so complete a survey , in so ...
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CHAP PAGE I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH I | 7 |
BIRDS ANIMALS AND LIMERICKS II | 11 |
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