The Autobiography of Leigh HuntSmith, Elder and Company, 1860 - 412 стор. |
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Сторінка viii
... heart that invariably fasci- nated even strangers . In the course of his newspaper career , more than one enemy has come to his house with the determination to extort disavowals or to chastise , and has gone away with loud expressions ...
... heart that invariably fasci- nated even strangers . In the course of his newspaper career , more than one enemy has come to his house with the determination to extort disavowals or to chastise , and has gone away with loud expressions ...
Сторінка ix
... heart , and therefore immoral in conduct ; and , accordingly , Leigh Hunt has been accused of lax morality in his personal life . To him the shocking part of these accusals lay in their uncharitableness , their disingenuousness , or ...
... heart , and therefore immoral in conduct ; and , accordingly , Leigh Hunt has been accused of lax morality in his personal life . To him the shocking part of these accusals lay in their uncharitableness , their disingenuousness , or ...
Сторінка xii
... heart and generosity of mind , and who re- tained his strongly expressed affection to the last . It was not that he did not respond to the warmest affection which he could so well inspire ; but in proportion as it was strongly felt and ...
... heart and generosity of mind , and who re- tained his strongly expressed affection to the last . It was not that he did not respond to the warmest affection which he could so well inspire ; but in proportion as it was strongly felt and ...
Сторінка xiii
... heart . To know Leigh Hunt as he was , was to hold him in reverence and love . The likeness to Hamlet was not lost ... hearts , which continued unchanged to him . years . If , indeed , he knew it , the simple knowledge was enough to cure ...
... heart . To know Leigh Hunt as he was , was to hold him in reverence and love . The likeness to Hamlet was not lost ... hearts , which continued unchanged to him . years . If , indeed , he knew it , the simple knowledge was enough to cure ...
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... heart . He used to spend the evenings in this manner with her and her family , a noble way of courtship ; and my grandmother became so hearty in his cause , that she succeeded in carrying it against her husband , who wished his daughter ...
... heart . He used to spend the evenings in this manner with her and her family , a noble way of courtship ; and my grandmother became so hearty in his cause , that she succeeded in carrying it against her husband , who wished his daughter ...
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