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Page viii
... year 1763 , Thomas Rogers the elder , the Poet's grandfather , was a wealthy glass manufacturer at Stourbridge in Worcestershire , and lived at a large house called the Hill , near that town . His viii SOME PARTICULARS OF THE.
... year 1763 , Thomas Rogers the elder , the Poet's grandfather , was a wealthy glass manufacturer at Stourbridge in Worcestershire , and lived at a large house called the Hill , near that town . His viii SOME PARTICULARS OF THE.
Page ix
... Worcestershire to join this London partnership . This led to an intimacy with Daniel Radford's only child , Mary , whom Thomas Rogers the younger married in the year 1760. He thereupon became an inmate in Daniel Radford's family ; and ...
... Worcestershire to join this London partnership . This led to an intimacy with Daniel Radford's only child , Mary , whom Thomas Rogers the younger married in the year 1760. He thereupon became an inmate in Daniel Radford's family ; and ...
Page xii
... Worcestershire , had been a strong Tory ; but as Thomas Rogers the younger became after his marriage a Dissenter in religion , so he was naturally a firm Whig in politics . His children were brought up to watch with interest the ...
... Worcestershire , had been a strong Tory ; but as Thomas Rogers the younger became after his marriage a Dissenter in religion , so he was naturally a firm Whig in politics . His children were brought up to watch with interest the ...
Page xvi
... Worcestershire gave the following couplet to the Pleasures of Memory , ' - ' Thus , thro ' the gloom of Shenstone's fairy - grove ' Maria's urn still breathes the voice of love . ' In 1776 , his excellent mother died . Through her the ...
... Worcestershire gave the following couplet to the Pleasures of Memory , ' - ' Thus , thro ' the gloom of Shenstone's fairy - grove ' Maria's urn still breathes the voice of love . ' In 1776 , his excellent mother died . Through her the ...
Page xxxiii
... Worcestershire had mixed with the men of rank in his own neighbourhood . He had been intimate with the Earl of Stamford and Warrington , and that excellent man the first Lord Lyttelton , the poet , and his son - in- law Lord Valencia ...
... Worcestershire had mixed with the men of rank in his own neighbourhood . He had been intimate with the Earl of Stamford and Warrington , and that excellent man the first Lord Lyttelton , the poet , and his son - in- law Lord Valencia ...
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