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Excerpt from Leaves From Sherwood Forest I had come upon the Great Cliffe Road from Lincoln, and turning down the old lane, by the park wall, leading to the little hamlet of B soon arrived at my friend's gate. A broad gravel walk, running between beds of shrubs and flowers, led me by the church and the gra ve yard, to the Rectory. The gable ends of the old-fashioned looking house were covered with the glossy leaves of the ivy, which spread ov...

Excerpt from Memoirs of William Wordsworth: Compiled From Authentic Sources, With Numerous Quotations From His Poems, Illustrative of His Life and Character William Wordsworth is the father of a new school of Poetry, and his name marks an era in the literature of England, which is full of deep interest to the philosophical inquirer. He began his career with profound convictions respecting the nature and functions of poetry, its dignity as an ...

Excerpt from The Life, Character, and Genius, of Ebenezer Elliott: The Corn Law Rhymer I have to Speak in this paper Upon the genius and character of Ebenezer Elliott, whose stormy life 1s now ended, and whose great musical heart lies still and silent m the grave. And although, if I consulted my own feelings, the love which I bore the departed poet would prompt me to Write a threnody over his ashes, rather than a. Cool analysis of iiis mind a...

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Excerpt from Emerson: His Life and WritingsThat is always best which gives me to myself. The sublime is excited in me by the great Stoical doctrine, Obey thyself.' That which shows God in me fortifics me. That which shows God out of me makes me a wart and a wen. There is no longer a necessary reason for my being. Already the long shadows of untimely oblivion creep over me, and I shall deceasc for ever. By his holy thoughts Jesus serves us, and...

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The Life, Character, And Genius Of Ebenezer Elliot - The Corn Law Rhymer - BY JANUARY SEARLE