Charles Kingsley
British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)
1819–1875, born in Devon
- Born
- 12 June 1819
- Birthplace
- Devon
- Died
- 23 January 1875
From their work
Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream.
Read the opening of The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby · about 1 min
“I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined; In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
“To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think, What man has made of man.”
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