PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xvi
... 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 dissenting ...
... 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 dissenting ...
Page xvii
... gave him time for reading . Goldsmith's poems were among those upon which he formed his taste . Johnson's writings were always in his hands . Gray's poems received his warm admiration . He had not gained much classical с knowledge at ...
... gave him time for reading . Goldsmith's poems were among those upon which he formed his taste . Johnson's writings were always in his hands . Gray's poems received his warm admiration . He had not gained much classical с knowledge at ...
Page xxii
... gave , ' Its hope in death , its triumph o'er the grave ? The sweet Remembrance of unblemished youth , ' The still inspiring voice of Innocence and Truth ! ' The publication of his little volume of poems , the favourable way in which it ...
... gave , ' Its hope in death , its triumph o'er the grave ? The sweet Remembrance of unblemished youth , ' The still inspiring voice of Innocence and Truth ! ' The publication of his little volume of poems , the favourable way in which it ...
Page xxviii
... gave rise to the ' Epistle to a Friend . ' In the same spirit Horace had before addressed a poem to his city friend Fuscus , and Petrarch a sonnet to Colonna . His friend Dr. Aikin had also just translated the Epistle of Frascatorius to ...
... gave rise to the ' Epistle to a Friend . ' In the same spirit Horace had before addressed a poem to his city friend Fuscus , and Petrarch a sonnet to Colonna . His friend Dr. Aikin had also just translated the Epistle of Frascatorius to ...
Page xxxi
... gave him his copy of Chaucer's Works in black letter , full of manuscript notes , and with an account of his being arrested and taken to the Tower written in the margin . In 1796 , Mr. Rogers was summoned before the Privy Council , and ...
... gave him his copy of Chaucer's Works in black letter , full of manuscript notes , and with an account of his being arrested and taken to the Tower written in the margin . In 1796 , Mr. Rogers was summoned before the Privy Council , and ...
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