PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page vii
... called upon to undertake it . A near relation is not likely to possess , or wish to possess , the required impartiality ; but these few pages may be useful as a preface to his published works . In the life of an author we wish to be ...
... called upon to undertake it . A near relation is not likely to possess , or wish to possess , the required impartiality ; but these few pages may be useful as a preface to his published works . In the life of an author we wish to be ...
Page viii
... 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.
... 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
Samuel Rogers. house called the Hill , near that town . His wife Martha , a daughter of Richard Knight of Downton , was dead . His family at the Hill consisted of himself and five unmarried daughters . Without giving up his business at ...
Samuel Rogers. house called the Hill , near that town . His wife Martha , a daughter of Richard Knight of Downton , was dead . His family at the Hill consisted of himself and five unmarried daughters . Without giving up his business at ...
Page xi
... called upon to leave his pulpit and throw up his income for conscience sake , and to change his home under the cruel enactments of the Five Mile Act . These opinions were an earnest piety , a strict attention to religious observances ...
... called upon to leave his pulpit and throw up his income for conscience sake , and to change his home under the cruel enactments of the Five Mile Act . These opinions were an earnest piety , a strict attention to religious observances ...
Page xvii
Samuel Rogers. had been brought into the family . In her last illness she called her children round her , and told them that it mattered little what happened to them when she was gone , provided they were good . She left eight , of whom ...
Samuel Rogers. had been brought into the family . In her last illness she called her children round her , and told them that it mattered little what happened to them when she was gone , provided they were good . She left eight , of whom ...
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