The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... natural that we should revert to the cultivation of our indigenous poetry . " Nor was this the sole , or perhaps the chief agent which was work- ing a poetical change . As the condition and character of the former age had produced an ...
... natural that we should revert to the cultivation of our indigenous poetry . " Nor was this the sole , or perhaps the chief agent which was work- ing a poetical change . As the condition and character of the former age had produced an ...
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... natural to the pride and enthusiasm of the innovator , combine to expose him to ridicule , and generally termi- nate ... nature . " The various opinions which may naturally be formed of the merit of individual writers form no necessary ...
... natural to the pride and enthusiasm of the innovator , combine to expose him to ridicule , and generally termi- nate ... nature . " The various opinions which may naturally be formed of the merit of individual writers form no necessary ...
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... nature of Goldsmith , could be traced in a poem from which taste and labor equally banished mannerism and inequality . It was patronized by no sect or faction . It was neither imposed on the public by any literary cabal , nor forced ...
... nature of Goldsmith , could be traced in a poem from which taste and labor equally banished mannerism and inequality . It was patronized by no sect or faction . It was neither imposed on the public by any literary cabal , nor forced ...
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... nature , neither exag- gerated nor represented with curious minuteness , but exhibited with picturesque elegance , in connection with those tranquil emotions which they call up in the calm order of a virtuous mind , in every condition ...
... nature , neither exag- gerated nor represented with curious minuteness , but exhibited with picturesque elegance , in connection with those tranquil emotions which they call up in the calm order of a virtuous mind , in every condition ...
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... nature has grown with the progress of refinement . It is most alive in those who are most brilliantly distinguished in social and active life . It elevates the mind above the meanness which it might contract in the rival- ship for ...
... nature has grown with the progress of refinement . It is most alive in those who are most brilliantly distinguished in social and active life . It elevates the mind above the meanness which it might contract in the rival- ship for ...
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Page 222 - MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 325 - Stop at a palace near the Reggio-gate, Dwelt in of old by one of the Orsini. Its noble gardens, terrace above terrace, And rich in fountains, statues, cypresses, Will long detain...
Page 205 - Cabrieres which till then he neglected it is therefore Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself he tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects and humbles them at the instant makes them cry complain and repent yea even to hate their...
Page 446 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 205 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 327 - Orsini lived ; and long might'st thou have seen An old man wandering as in quest of something, Something he could not find — he knew not what.
Page 56 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night,— but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 404 - Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman, passing, gazes from the deck. The buffalo-driver, in his shaggy cloak, Points to the work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of gods ! and on their ample steps What various habits, various tongues, beset The brazen gates for prayer and sacrifice...
Page 207 - ... labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 28 - Ward has no heart, they say; but I deny it ; He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.