A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed Mainly to Show Characteristics of StyleGinn, 1895 - 552 pages |
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... Grasmere . In the winter of 1808-9 he took up his residence at the Lakes . Wordsworth had quitted his cottage in Grasmere for the larger house of Allan Bank , and De Quincey succeeded this illustrious tenant . He retained this cottage ...
... Grasmere . In the winter of 1808-9 he took up his residence at the Lakes . Wordsworth had quitted his cottage in Grasmere for the larger house of Allan Bank , and De Quincey succeeded this illustrious tenant . He retained this cottage ...
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... Grasmere , he was often in London , his lodgings being in York Street , Covent Garden . During that time he was a frequent contributor to the London Magazine . ' He speaks of his " daily task of writing and producing something for the ...
... Grasmere , he was often in London , his lodgings being in York Street , Covent Garden . During that time he was a frequent contributor to the London Magazine . ' He speaks of his " daily task of writing and producing something for the ...
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... Grasmere . He spent the year 1830 with Professor Wilson in Edinburgh . In 1835 he gave up his cottage at Grasmere . In 1843 he settled with his family at Lasswade , a small village near Edinburgh . It is probably to this interval that ...
... Grasmere . He spent the year 1830 with Professor Wilson in Edinburgh . In 1835 he gave up his cottage at Grasmere . In 1843 he settled with his family at Lasswade , a small village near Edinburgh . It is probably to this interval that ...
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