This page has been validated.
INTRODUCTION
personal acquaintance with many they had otherwise vainly wished to know in their habit as they lived. And "old Crabb" himself moves among his comrades, still, as in a society which has long since passed away, active, vivacious, sympathetic, understanding, and intensely alive, cheering them by his[1] buoyant spirit."
- ↑ Wordsworth: Dedication to H. C. R. of the "Memorials of an Italian Tour." There he refers also to:
"... kindnesses that never ceased to flow,
And prompt self-sacrifice to which I owe
Far more than any heart but mine can know."
