The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers: With a Biographical Sketch, and Notes |
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... Pleasures of Memory , appeared at the commencement of this literary revolution , without paying court to the revolutionary tastes , or seeking distinction by resistance to them . It borrowed no aid either from prejudice or innovation ...
... Pleasures of Memory , appeared at the commencement of this literary revolution , without paying court to the revolutionary tastes , or seeking distinction by resistance to them . It borrowed no aid either from prejudice or innovation ...
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... a pensive dignity which beautifully corresponds with the scene : ' Long have ye known Reflection's genial ray Gild the calm close of Valor's various day . ' " And we cannot resist the pleasure of quoting the MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS . 21.
... a pensive dignity which beautifully corresponds with the scene : ' Long have ye known Reflection's genial ray Gild the calm close of Valor's various day . ' " And we cannot resist the pleasure of quoting the MEMOIR OF SAMUEL ROGERS . 21.
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... pleasure of quoting the moral , tender , and elegant lines which close the poem : ' Lighter than air , Hope's summer - visions fly , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost ...
... pleasure of quoting the moral , tender , and elegant lines which close the poem : ' Lighter than air , Hope's summer - visions fly , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo ! Fancy's fairy frost ...
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... pleasure , the early history of America may afford scope for the genius of a thousand national poets ; and while some may soften the cruelty which darkens the daring energy of Cortez and Pizarro , - while others may , in perhaps new ...
... pleasure , the early history of America may afford scope for the genius of a thousand national poets ; and while some may soften the cruelty which darkens the daring energy of Cortez and Pizarro , - while others may , in perhaps new ...
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... pleasure which it imparts can only be felt by a calm reason , an exercised taste , and a mind free from turbulent pas- sions . But these beauties of execution can exist only in combination with much of the primary beauties of thought ...
... pleasure which it imparts can only be felt by a calm reason , an exercised taste , and a mind free from turbulent pas- sions . But these beauties of execution can exist only in combination with much of the primary beauties of thought ...
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