Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888)J. Murray, 1938 - 280 pages |
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... loved this large , comfortable house where he had been born - Bowman's Lodge it was called : it has long since been destroyed - that stood pleasantly among gardens and trees at the edge of the quiet village and looked out from the top ...
... loved this large , comfortable house where he had been born - Bowman's Lodge it was called : it has long since been destroyed - that stood pleasantly among gardens and trees at the edge of the quiet village and looked out from the top ...
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... loved him , nor that he held the supreme position in his heart . His extreme reserve and apparent lack of affection were often , in spite of and because of - Lear's devotion to him , exasperating to a more demon- strative nature . A ...
... loved him , nor that he held the supreme position in his heart . His extreme reserve and apparent lack of affection were often , in spite of and because of - Lear's devotion to him , exasperating to a more demon- strative nature . A ...
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... loved a wide horizon , a far- off mountain - range , and one of his most admirable qualities was the skill with which he could create the illusion of receding 1 1 grafs cant O St. Paul , 1865 . space and 184 EDWARD LEAR.
... loved a wide horizon , a far- off mountain - range , and one of his most admirable qualities was the skill with which he could create the illusion of receding 1 1 grafs cant O St. Paul , 1865 . space and 184 EDWARD LEAR.
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CHAP PAGE I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH I | 7 |
BIRDS ANIMALS AND LIMERICKS II | 11 |
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