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Johnson did , indeed , perform a vigorous act of reluctant justice towards Milton ; but it was a proof , to use his own words , that ― - - ' At length our mighty bard's victorious lays Fill the loud voice of universal praise ...
Johnson did , indeed , perform a vigorous act of reluctant justice towards Milton ; but it was a proof , to use his own words , that ― - - ' At length our mighty bard's victorious lays Fill the loud voice of universal praise ...
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It seemed as if the fertile soil was at length exhausted . But it had in fact only ceased to exhibit its accustomed produce . The established poetry had worn out either its own resources , or the constancy of its readers .
It seemed as if the fertile soil was at length exhausted . But it had in fact only ceased to exhibit its accustomed produce . The established poetry had worn out either its own resources , or the constancy of its readers .
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Greece , the mother of freedom and of poetry in the West , which had long employed only the antiquary , the artist and the philologist , was at length destined , after an ...
Greece , the mother of freedom and of poetry in the West , which had long employed only the antiquary , the artist and the philologist , was at length destined , after an ...
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Byron seems to have lived on terms of the most cordial intimacy with Rogers , who is one of the few persons of whom he always spoke with kindness and respect . The full - length portrait of his lordship ...
Byron seems to have lived on terms of the most cordial intimacy with Rogers , who is one of the few persons of whom he always spoke with kindness and respect . The full - length portrait of his lordship ...
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In this sort of hunt through the volume , we at length lighted on the discovery that our host , in addition to his sincere approbation of some of its contents , had also the motive of gratitude for standing by its author , as one of the ...
In this sort of hunt through the volume , we at length lighted on the discovery that our host , in addition to his sincere approbation of some of its contents , had also the motive of gratitude for standing by its author , as one of the ...
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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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