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  • _165 From your dust new 1819; From thy dust shall Rowfant manuscript

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • We are indeed just now in a bookish and poetical district, for a little more than a mile to the east of Crabbet, in a beautiful Tudor house in a hollow close to the station, lived Frederick Locker-Lampson, the London lyricist; and here are treasured the famous Rowfant books and manuscripts which he brought together -- the subject of graceful verses by many of his friends.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • Rowfant was once the scene of one of the most determined struggles in history.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • He was very sure in his saddle, having learned the trick of the stirrup from old Rowfant, that had taught the King.

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • Mr. Locker-Lampson placed his library, together with his collections of autograph letters, pictures and drawings, in his residence at Rowfant, the beautiful home which he and his wife inherited from the lady's father; and a handsome catalogue of them published in 1886 by Mr. Quaritch, with an introduction by their owner, tells us of the treasures they contain.

    English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871

  • From thy dust shall Rowfant manuscript (heading of lines 167-205).

    The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807

  • From thy dust shall Rowfant manuscript (heading of lines 167-205).

    The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 2 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807

  • I never heard a word of this till Thursday afternoon at four o'clock, when the postman brought me my Wednesday's paper, just as I was sitting down to dinner at Rowfant, in Sussex.

    Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Henry Hunt 1804

  • This reached my family at Rowfant, in Sussex, and they began to grow uneasy upon the subject.

    Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Henry Hunt 1804

  • But, fortunately, this fiendish scheme failed of its purpose; for, as my family had left Rowfant before the letter arrived, the letter was never opened till we returned together after the election was over.

    Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Henry Hunt 1804

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