PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page viii
... better than I can hope to do . For though I am now one of his nearest relations , and for many years enjoyed his full and intimate confidence as his partner in business , yet my opportunities of listening to his conversation have not ...
... better than I can hope to do . For though I am now one of his nearest relations , and for many years enjoyed his full and intimate confidence as his partner in business , yet my opportunities of listening to his conversation have not ...
Page xxvi
... better than any that bore the name of poet when he began to publish . It was a favourable moment for a young candidate for public notice . Poetry was then at a very low ebb ; Mason , Joseph Wharton , Wm . Whitehead , Cambridge , Beattie ...
... better than any that bore the name of poet when he began to publish . It was a favourable moment for a young candidate for public notice . Poetry was then at a very low ebb ; Mason , Joseph Wharton , Wm . Whitehead , Cambridge , Beattie ...
Page xlvi
... better or for worse , the poetical taste of the nation , both writers and readers , had undergone a change ; and Mr. Rogers's later poems , ' Columbus ' and ' Human Life , ' show that his taste had in part undergone the same change . He ...
... better or for worse , the poetical taste of the nation , both writers and readers , had undergone a change ; and Mr. Rogers's later poems , ' Columbus ' and ' Human Life , ' show that his taste had in part undergone the same change . He ...
Page xlix
... better . He at the same time engaged the services of several artists to ornament it with plates descriptive of the places mentioned . In 1830 he published a large edition of Italy , ' beautifully illustrated with engravings after ...
... better . He at the same time engaged the services of several artists to ornament it with plates descriptive of the places mentioned . In 1830 he published a large edition of Italy , ' beautifully illustrated with engravings after ...
Page liii
... better . ' But Mr. Rogers was not so easily satisfied , and continued to re - cast the thoughts , and to mend the rugged lines ; and when he again showed it to his critic , Sharp would say , with yet warmer praise , ' It is quite ...
... better . ' But Mr. Rogers was not so easily satisfied , and continued to re - cast the thoughts , and to mend the rugged lines ; and when he again showed it to his critic , Sharp would say , with yet warmer praise , ' It is quite ...
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