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Spenser
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A black mass of wall, nine feet in thickness, standing on a bare mound of limestone rock and flanked by a shapeless pond half overgrown with weeds; a wide plain of peat bogs extending drearily all around until they rise into brown, naked moorland hills; the silver streams of Spenser, of Drayton, and of Mickle, shrunk to a pair of wretched rivulets, miles distant from the mined castle, choked with stones, and water less for half the year; such is the Kilcolman of reality as it presents itself to the disillusioned pilgrim. For Spenser wielded the spell which was stolen by the Elfin Page from the book of Michael Scott. In the alchemy of his imagination a cobweb became tapestry, a hazelnut a gilded barge, a but a palace. He who could paint cruel, selfish Dudley as the stainless, peerless Arthur; who could see in Elizabeth, wrinkled, old,° affected, treacherous, sensual.
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A black mass of wall, nine feet in thickness, standing on a bare mound of limestone rock and flanked by a shapeless pond half overgrown with weeds; a wide plain of peat bogs extending drearily all around until they rise into brown, naked moorland hills; the silver streams of Spenser, of Drayton, and of Mickle, shrunk to a pair of wretched rivulets, miles distant from the mined castle, choked with stones, and water less for half the year; such is the Kilcolman of reality as it presents itself to the disillusioned pilgrim. For Spenser wielded the spell which was stolen by the Elfin Page from the book of Michael Scott. In the alchemy of his imagination a cobweb became tapestry, a hazelnut a gilded barge, a but a palace. He who could paint cruel, selfish Dudley as the stainless, peerless Arthur; who could see in Elizabeth, wrinkled, old,° affected, treacherous, sensual.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
105 pages, Paperback
Published May 15, 2017
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William Tuckwell
51 booksWilliam Tuckwell (1829–1919), who liked to be known as the "radical parson", was a Victorian clergyman well-known on political platforms for his experiments in allotments, his advocacy of land nationalisation, and his enthusiasm for Christian socialism. He was an advocate of teaching science in the schools.
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