Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 326
ise of Milton wasexaggerated. Milton had a gift in poetry—of aparticular kind. Paradise Lost is absurd ; I nevercould take to it aU—^though now and again clouds ofsplendour rolled in upon the scene. ... At HydePark Corner, C. stopped and looked at the clock. You are going to Down Street, sir ? No,… … THOMAS CARLYLE CHELSEA MEMORIES 281 farthing) through which this chance (perhaps thelast, for Emerson is going away soon) was lost. There are numerous entries in the Diary of visitsand conversations of this sort. On October 18, 1879,Allingham called at Cheyne Row with his little son,and they met…
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