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Page 33
... mark . The heroic couplet controlled him to the end of his life , and there is no doubt that it was not merely timidity that made him confine himself to the old beaten track . Crabbe's thoughts ran very much in antithesis , and the ...
... mark . The heroic couplet controlled him to the end of his life , and there is no doubt that it was not merely timidity that made him confine himself to the old beaten track . Crabbe's thoughts ran very much in antithesis , and the ...
Page 37
... mark of their atten- tion , and every proof of their disinterested regard . They have from time to time supplied me with such sums as they could possibly spare , and that they have not done more arose from my concealing the severity of ...
... mark of their atten- tion , and every proof of their disinterested regard . They have from time to time supplied me with such sums as they could possibly spare , and that they have not done more arose from my concealing the severity of ...
Page 43
... marks the Biography throughout , does not conceal that his father's temper , even in later life , was intolerant of contradiction , and he probably expressed his opinions before the guests at Belvoir with more vehemence than prudence ...
... marks the Biography throughout , does not conceal that his father's temper , even in later life , was intolerant of contradiction , and he probably expressed his opinions before the guests at Belvoir with more vehemence than prudence ...
Page 53
... mark . " It was praised , " writes his son , " in the leading journals ; the sale was rapid and extensive ; and my father's reputation was by universal consent greatly raised , and permanently established , by this poem . " The number ...
... mark . " It was praised , " writes his son , " in the leading journals ; the sale was rapid and extensive ; and my father's reputation was by universal consent greatly raised , and permanently established , by this poem . " The number ...
Page 66
... marks his memoir throughout , does not conceal that this step in his father's life was a mistake , and that he recognised and regretted it as such on cooler reflection . The comfortable home of the Tovells at Parham fell somehow ...
... marks his memoir throughout , does not conceal that this step in his father's life was a mistake , and that he recognised and regretted it as such on cooler reflection . The comfortable home of the Tovells at Parham fell somehow ...
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