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To the 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 ...
To the 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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... and where the forms were classical , the 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 unaccountably late ...
... and where the forms were classical , the 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 unaccountably late ...
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These , when the trembling 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 ...
These , when the trembling 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 ...
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The mutiny of his seamen is not less interesting or formidable because the poet traces it to the suggestion of those malignant spirits in whom the imagination , independent of all theological doctrines , is naturally prone to personify ...
The mutiny of his seamen is not less interesting or formidable because the poet traces it to the suggestion of those malignant spirits in whom the imagination , independent of all theological doctrines , is naturally prone to personify ...
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We quote from Moore's Life of Byron : 66 - ――――――――― ( Among the many gay hours we passed together this spring ( 1813 ) , I remember particularly the wild flow of his spirits one evening , when we had accompanied Mr. Rogers home from ...
We quote from Moore's Life of Byron : 66 - ――――――――― ( Among the many gay hours we passed together this spring ( 1813 ) , I remember particularly the wild flow of his spirits one evening , when we had accompanied Mr. Rogers home from ...
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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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