PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xxvi
... publish . It was a favourable moment for a young candidate for public notice . Poetry was then at a very low ebb ... published before the end of the next year , 1793 . To the principal poem in the volume were added two shorter poems ...
... publish . It was a favourable moment for a young candidate for public notice . Poetry was then at a very low ebb ... published before the end of the next year , 1793 . To the principal poem in the volume were added two shorter poems ...
Page xxviii
... published it in 1798. It is one of the most pleasing of his poems . In it he explains the principles of true taste , as being founded on simplicity , and as bringing about great effects by small means . It is a picture of his mind This ...
... published it in 1798. It is one of the most pleasing of his poems . In it he explains the principles of true taste , as being founded on simplicity , and as bringing about great effects by small means . It is a picture of his mind This ...
Page xxix
... published the ' Pleasures of Memory . ' In that earlier poem the Portrait is almost the only work of art spoken of . It was almost the only one known in his father's house . In this later poem , on the other hand , we find that he had ...
... published the ' Pleasures of Memory . ' In that earlier poem the Portrait is almost the only work of art spoken of . It was almost the only one known in his father's house . In this later poem , on the other hand , we find that he had ...
Page xxxiii
... published by my brother William . His circle of acquaintance was much enlarged since he fixed his abode wholly in London . His society was eagerly sought for by ladies of fashion as well as by men of letters . His father when young and ...
... published by my brother William . His circle of acquaintance was much enlarged since he fixed his abode wholly in London . His society was eagerly sought for by ladies of fashion as well as by men of letters . His father when young and ...
Page xxxiv
... published the lines To a Friend on his Marriage , ' those entitled ' A Farewell , ' and those ' To a Gnat , ' all written some few years earlier . As his health was still delicate he was advised by his friend Dr. Moore , the physician ...
... published the lines To a Friend on his Marriage , ' those entitled ' A Farewell , ' and those ' To a Gnat , ' all written some few years earlier . As his health was still delicate he was advised by his friend Dr. Moore , the physician ...
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