The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 |
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... hands . I have since then made what speed I might in the preparation of them for the press , amid the engagements of other business , and with my hand often palsied by causes over which I had no control . It were useless to endeavour to ...
... hands . I have since then made what speed I might in the preparation of them for the press , amid the engagements of other business , and with my hand often palsied by causes over which I had no control . It were useless to endeavour to ...
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... . This anecdote in Wordsworth's hands would be worth as much as the Reverie of poor Susan . Before my father had been twelvemonths in London his master died . Upon which he was removed to Bristol , B 4 ROBERT SOUTHEY . 7.
... . This anecdote in Wordsworth's hands would be worth as much as the Reverie of poor Susan . Before my father had been twelvemonths in London his master died . Upon which he was removed to Bristol , B 4 ROBERT SOUTHEY . 7.
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... hand any thing that was set before him , whether in writing or in print ; but it was done letter by letter without understanding a single word . As to self - government he was entirely incompetent , so much so that I think he could ...
... hand any thing that was set before him , whether in writing or in print ; but it was done letter by letter without understanding a single word . As to self - government he was entirely incompetent , so much so that I think he could ...
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... hand , and , taking the mouse with a finger and thumb , in which the discriminating sense of touch had been blunted by coarse work and unclean habits , opened his mouth to receive it , and , with a slow sleepy tongue , endeavoured to ...
... hand , and , taking the mouse with a finger and thumb , in which the discriminating sense of touch had been blunted by coarse work and unclean habits , opened his mouth to receive it , and , with a slow sleepy tongue , endeavoured to ...
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... hand one in its place . " This anecdote I heard full five- and - thirty years ago from one of my school - masters , who had been a rival of Collins , and was satirized by him in the Miscellanies . His school failed him , not because he ...
... hand one in its place . " This anecdote I heard full five- and - thirty years ago from one of my school - masters , who had been a rival of Collins , and was satirized by him in the Miscellanies . His school failed him , not because he ...
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