The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 |
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... heard that Robert's grandfather that , is , my great , great , great grandfather ( my children's tritavus ) , was a great clothier at Wellington , and had eleven sons who peopled that part of the country with Southeys . In Robert's days ...
... heard that Robert's grandfather that , is , my great , great , great grandfather ( my children's tritavus ) , was a great clothier at Wellington , and had eleven sons who peopled that part of the country with Southeys . In Robert's days ...
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... heard him say , that as he was one day standing at this person's door , a porter went by carrying a hare , and this brought his favourite sport so forcibly to mind , that he could not help crying at the sight . This anecdote in ...
... heard him say , that as he was one day standing at this person's door , a porter went by carrying a hare , and this brought his favourite sport so forcibly to mind , that he could not help crying at the sight . This anecdote in ...
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... heard any thing of him , except that on his wedding day he sung a song after dinner , which could not be thought very complimentary to his bride ; for , though it began by saying , " Ye gods who gave to me a wife Out of your grace and ...
... heard any thing of him , except that on his wedding day he sung a song after dinner , which could not be thought very complimentary to his bride ; for , though it began by saying , " Ye gods who gave to me a wife Out of your grace and ...
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... heard him spoken of with admiration by persons who were intimate with him in their youth . He could make verses , too , after the fashion of that age . I have somewhere a poem of his , in his own writing , which came to my mother after ...
... heard him spoken of with admiration by persons who were intimate with him in their youth . He could make verses , too , after the fashion of that age . I have somewhere a poem of his , in his own writing , which came to my mother after ...
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... . " For shame , Thomas , " she said , " you should not say such * I have heard my father say , that this proverb was rendered into Greek by Mr. Coleridge . - ED . naughty words ! for shame ! say your prayers , 12 EARLY LIFE OF.
... . " For shame , Thomas , " she said , " you should not say such * I have heard my father say , that this proverb was rendered into Greek by Mr. Coleridge . - ED . naughty words ! for shame ! say your prayers , 12 EARLY LIFE OF.
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