The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... at one heat of the fancy ; the more it is hammered and wrought on , the colder it becomes . The sale of The Pleasures of Memory continued to be large , though The Pleasures of Hope came into the market . " This production gave its ...
... at one heat of the fancy ; the more it is hammered and wrought on , the colder it becomes . The sale of The Pleasures of Memory continued to be large , though The Pleasures of Hope came into the market . " This production gave its ...
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A combination of the science and art of the tranquil period with the hardy enterprises of that which succeeded gave rise to scientific poems , in which a bold attempt was made , by the mere force of diction , to give a political ...
A combination of the science and art of the tranquil period with the hardy enterprises of that which succeeded gave rise to scientific poems , in which a bold attempt was made , by the mere force of diction , to give a political ...
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... he gave vent to his impatience of the imperfections of living men and real institutions in an original strain of sublime satire , which clothes moral anger in imagery of an almost horrible grandeur ; and which , though it cannot ...
... he gave vent to his impatience of the imperfections of living men and real institutions in an original strain of sublime satire , which clothes moral anger in imagery of an almost horrible grandeur ; and which , though it cannot ...
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Among the drawings , I must at least mention some of the finest . " RAPHAEL . - The celebrated Entombment , drawn with the utmost spirit with the pen . From the Crozat collection . Mr. Rogers gave one hundred and twenty pounds for it .
Among the drawings , I must at least mention some of the finest . " RAPHAEL . - The celebrated Entombment , drawn with the utmost spirit with the pen . From the Crozat collection . Mr. Rogers gave one hundred and twenty pounds for it .
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Mute is the bell that rung at peep of dawn , Quickening my truant - feet across the lawn ; Unheard the shout that rent the noontide air , When the slow dial gave a pause to care . Up springs , at every step , to claim a tear ...
Mute is the bell that rung at peep of dawn , Quickening my truant - feet across the lawn ; Unheard the shout that rent the noontide air , When the slow dial gave a pause to care . Up springs , at every step , to claim a tear ...
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| Title | The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes British poets Making of America |
| Author | Samuel Rogers |
| Editor | Epes Sargent |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 460 pages |
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