An Old Castle and Other EssaysMacmillan, 1922 - 395 страница |
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... noble emotion , and that incommunicable sense of beauty of which we spoke . He possessed by birth , and he retained , a passionate love of the best literature ; and I think it must be hard to retain such a passion for the subject that a ...
... noble emotion , and that incommunicable sense of beauty of which we spoke . He possessed by birth , and he retained , a passionate love of the best literature ; and I think it must be hard to retain such a passion for the subject that a ...
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... noble forest , and , on the distant horizon , the dim blue outline of the mountains of Wales : in this lovely country lies , at the junction of the broad , shallow rivers Teme and Corve , the sleepy old town of Ludlow . It is not much ...
... noble forest , and , on the distant horizon , the dim blue outline of the mountains of Wales : in this lovely country lies , at the junction of the broad , shallow rivers Teme and Corve , the sleepy old town of Ludlow . It is not much ...
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... noble building on the opposite side of the court , -armories , state - apartments , banqueting hall , clambering up to get a nearer view of some bit of quaint carving , or a glimpse of green landscape framed in some long , narrow window ...
... noble building on the opposite side of the court , -armories , state - apartments , banqueting hall , clambering up to get a nearer view of some bit of quaint carving , or a glimpse of green landscape framed in some long , narrow window ...
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... noble family which numbered in it some of the greatest names of England's greatest age , and whose list of personal acquaintance com- prised almost that whole circle of statesmen , adventurers , and poets whose renown fills The spacious ...
... noble family which numbered in it some of the greatest names of England's greatest age , and whose list of personal acquaintance com- prised almost that whole circle of statesmen , adventurers , and poets whose renown fills The spacious ...
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... noble- man's house ( equal , you know , to seventy - five thou- sand dollars nowadays ) . You sat in chairs , you sat at tables , whose carved richness and beauty are the despair of modern imitators ; and you looked out over the green ...
... noble- man's house ( equal , you know , to seventy - five thou- sand dollars nowadays ) . You sat in chairs , you sat at tables , whose carved richness and beauty are the despair of modern imitators ; and you looked out over the green ...
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