Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888)J. Murray, 1938 - 280 pages |
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... tell the incident to everybody : for it would look like boasting upon my part , who have done little enough to deserve so gratifying a notice . ' Two stories Lear himself told of the time when he was giving Queen Victoria drawing ...
... tell the incident to everybody : for it would look like boasting upon my part , who have done little enough to deserve so gratifying a notice . ' Two stories Lear himself told of the time when he was giving Queen Victoria drawing ...
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... tell you how kind people are to me ; every day I have at least one invitation to dinner , and for some days — 3 and 4. ' Corfù , exquisite isle of orange and lemon and olive groves , looking across a stretch of blue water to the ...
... tell you how kind people are to me ; every day I have at least one invitation to dinner , and for some days — 3 and 4. ' Corfù , exquisite isle of orange and lemon and olive groves , looking across a stretch of blue water to the ...
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... tell you this - I shall never , never see you more . I know that death is near - and ever nearer . ' " " These forebodings , however , were not realized . Lear was in England that summer , and on his return to San Remo in the early ...
... tell you this - I shall never , never see you more . I know that death is near - and ever nearer . ' " " These forebodings , however , were not realized . Lear was in England that summer , and on his return to San Remo in the early ...
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a १ Argoxy 4224 55157 CONTENTS | 6 |
CHAP PAGE I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH I | 7 |
BIRDS ANIMALS AND LIMERICKS II | 11 |
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