A book of memories of great men and women of the age, from personal acquaintance (1877)
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919. fmo, Wordsworth Collection · London, Virtue · leaf 221
tothe grave in v^hich he is buried. I had for my pleasant and profitable companion [tohis graceful pencil I am chiefly indebted for the illustrations that accompany thisMemory] the artist Jacob Thompson, who knew the poet, and knew also his neighbour,Wordsworth. Greta Hall, for nearly half a… … GRETA EUIDGE. obtained. It was originally two houses, converted by the poet into one. It consistsof many rooms, all small, except what was the poets library—his library in chief,that is to say, for every apartment was lined with books. Books, writes Words-worth, were his passion :—Books were his…
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