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... and judgment pervade everything from his pen . But , while this purity of style and sentiment renders him a favorite poet for the study of the young , his great and peculiar merits , we think , are better felt and appreciated PR5234.
... and judgment pervade everything from his pen . But , while this purity of style and sentiment renders him a favorite poet for the study of the young , his great and peculiar merits , we think , are better felt and appreciated PR5234.
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This eulogy Moore thinks the disinterested and deliberate result of the young poet's judgment , as at that time he had never seen Rogers * It would be superfluous to recall to the mind of the reader the authors of " The Pleasures of ...
This eulogy Moore thinks the disinterested and deliberate result of the young poet's judgment , as at that time he had never seen Rogers * It would be superfluous to recall to the mind of the reader the authors of " The Pleasures of ...
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... diffused literature , and fastidious criticism , combine to deter the young writer from the more arduous enterprises of poetical genius . In such an age , every art becomes rational . Reason is the power which presides in a calm .
... diffused literature , and fastidious criticism , combine to deter the young writer from the more arduous enterprises of poetical genius . In such an age , every art becomes rational . Reason is the power which presides in a calm .
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Lord Erskine sits between me and a young man whom I find to be a son of Boswell . Lord Holland's speech after dinner . The ode recited . Campbell's speech . Kemble's -Talma's . We leave the company , and go to Vauxhall to meet Miss ...
Lord Erskine sits between me and a young man whom I find to be a son of Boswell . Lord Holland's speech after dinner . The ode recited . Campbell's speech . Kemble's -Talma's . We leave the company , and go to Vauxhall to meet Miss ...
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The author , perhaps , may not think it any compliment to be thus told that his verses are likely to be greater favorites with the old than with the young ; -and yet it is no small compliment , we think , to say that they are likely to ...
The author , perhaps , may not think it any compliment to be thus told that his verses are likely to be greater favorites with the old than with the young ; -and yet it is no small compliment , we think , to say that they are likely to ...
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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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