Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888)J. Murray, 1938 - 280 pages |
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Page 139
... friends have recorded their opinion that in his heart of hearts he was more proud of his nonsense poems than of his ... friends . Landscape - painting , after all , was his profession . The nonsenses , ' on the other hand , were jotted ...
... friends have recorded their opinion that in his heart of hearts he was more proud of his nonsense poems than of his ... friends . Landscape - painting , after all , was his profession . The nonsenses , ' on the other hand , were jotted ...
Page 141
... friends were delighted with the book : the whole Tennyson family , to whom he had sent a copy , was in the highest ... friends helped him all through his life . He had no false pride about the acceptance of such benefits , and his ...
... friends were delighted with the book : the whole Tennyson family , to whom he had sent a copy , was in the highest ... friends helped him all through his life . He had no false pride about the acceptance of such benefits , and his ...
Page 246
... friends and so few enemies , ' someone wrote after her death . To Lear she had been a loyal friend , a trusted counsellor , a generous patron . With the exception of Lady Tennyson , she had been the greatest of his women friends - who ...
... friends and so few enemies , ' someone wrote after her death . To Lear she had been a loyal friend , a trusted counsellor , a generous patron . With the exception of Lady Tennyson , she had been the greatest of his women friends - who ...
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CHAP PAGE I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH I | 7 |
BIRDS ANIMALS AND LIMERICKS II | 11 |
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