PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xviii
... says the Scribbler , to the attainment of knowledge , he may read all the books that have ever been written , ' study all the systems that have ever been formed ; ' yet all his reading and all his study will amount to ' no more than ...
... says the Scribbler , to the attainment of knowledge , he may read all the books that have ever been written , ' study all the systems that have ever been formed ; ' yet all his reading and all his study will amount to ' no more than ...
Page xxxii
... say which of the Great and Wise , ' Could they but hear and at thy bidding rise , " Thou wouldst call up and question . ' In his Epistle to a Friend ' Mr. Rogers describes his feelings at this period of his life , the value which he set ...
... say which of the Great and Wise , ' Could they but hear and at thy bidding rise , " Thou wouldst call up and question . ' In his Epistle to a Friend ' Mr. Rogers describes his feelings at this period of his life , the value which he set ...
Page xxxvii
... says : - " That dial so well known to me ! ' -Tho ' many a shadow it had shed , ' Beloved Sister , since with thee ' The legend on the stone was read . ' In the year 1800 Mr. Rogers , tired of the Temple , sold his chambers , and for ...
... says : - " That dial so well known to me ! ' -Tho ' many a shadow it had shed , ' Beloved Sister , since with thee ' The legend on the stone was read . ' In the year 1800 Mr. Rogers , tired of the Temple , sold his chambers , and for ...
Page xl
... say that nobody could write a severe article against another , under the shelter of a mask , without becoming the worse man for it . ' In 1812 , Mr. Rogers published his Columbus , ' not separately , but in the volume with his other ...
... say that nobody could write a severe article against another , under the shelter of a mask , without becoming the worse man for it . ' In 1812 , Mr. Rogers published his Columbus , ' not separately , but in the volume with his other ...
Page xlvi
... say of the writer who now - a - days takes pains to make his style simple , and to set forth his thoughts in the order most plain to the reader's understanding , that he is one of the most disinterested of men . So many readers now ...
... say of the writer who now - a - days takes pains to make his style simple , and to set forth his thoughts in the order most plain to the reader's understanding , that he is one of the most disinterested of men . So many readers now ...
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