Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... the record of the best and happiest moments of the best and happiest minds . ” * But this is not enough — we desire to know the man . We desire to learn how much of the sensibility and imagination that animates his poetry was founded on ...
... the record of the best and happiest moments of the best and happiest minds . ” * But this is not enough — we desire to know the man . We desire to learn how much of the sensibility and imagination that animates his poetry was founded on ...
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