The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... spirit of original observation , " says Mr. Allan Cunningham of this poem , in his History of British Literature , “ to the fine pictures of men and manners , and to the remarks on the social and domestic condition of the country ...
... spirit of original observation , " says Mr. Allan Cunningham of this poem , in his History of British Literature , “ to the fine pictures of men and manners , and to the remarks on the social and domestic condition of the country ...
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... spirit continued to be romantic . The structure of Tasso's poem was that of the Grecian epic ; but his heroes were Christian knights . French poetry , having been somewhat unac- countably late in its rise , and slow in its progress ...
... spirit continued to be romantic . The structure of Tasso's poem was that of the Grecian epic ; but his heroes were Christian knights . French poetry , having been somewhat unac- countably late in its rise , and slow in its progress ...
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... spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest , Where Virtue triumphs , and her sons are blest ! ' " The descriptive passages require , indeed , a closer ...
... spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream of living light ; And gild those pure and perfect realms of rest , Where Virtue triumphs , and her sons are blest ! ' " The descriptive passages require , indeed , a closer ...
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... spirits in whom the imagina- tion , independent of all theological doctrines , is naturally prone to personify and embody the causes of evil . - " Unless , indeed , the marvellous be a part of the popular creed at the period of the ...
... spirits in whom the imagina- tion , independent of all theological doctrines , is naturally prone to personify and embody the causes of evil . - " Unless , indeed , the marvellous be a part of the popular creed at the period of the ...
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... spirits one evening , when we had accompanied Mr. Rogers home from some early assembly , and when Lord Byron , who , according to his fre- quent custom , had not dined for the last two days , found his hunger no longer governable , and ...
... spirits one evening , when we had accompanied Mr. Rogers home from some early assembly , and when Lord Byron , who , according to his fre- quent custom , had not dined for the last two days , found his hunger no longer governable , and ...
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