PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xvii
... 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 C knowledge at school . He had a moderate acquaint- ance LIFE OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
... 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 C knowledge at school . He had a moderate acquaint- ance LIFE OF SAMUEL ROGERS .
Page xviii
... taste for Poetry , and for the beauties of style in Prose writing ; and it was not long before he made his first attempts at authorship . In 1780 his father was engaged in the political whirl of a contested election at Coventry , and ...
... taste for Poetry , and for the beauties of style in Prose writing ; and it was not long before he made his first attempts at authorship . In 1780 his father was engaged in the political whirl of a contested election at Coventry , and ...
Page xxvii
... tastes . Sutton Sharpe , his new brother - in - law , though brought up to trade and always engaged in business , was par- ticularly fond of the fine arts . He had when young drawn from the antique and from the life in the Royal Academy ...
... tastes . Sutton Sharpe , his new brother - in - law , though brought up to trade and always engaged in business , was par- ticularly fond of the fine arts . He had when young drawn from the antique and from the life in the Royal Academy ...
Page xxviii
... 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 6 at the age of thirty - five , as xxviii SOME PARTICULARS OF THE.
... 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 6 at the age of thirty - five , as xxviii SOME PARTICULARS OF THE.
Page xxix
... tastes since he 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 ...
... tastes since he 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 ...
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admiration ancient beautiful bids blessed blest breathe bright called CANTO CHARLES JAMES Fox charm Cicero Columbus dark death delight dream Euripides eyes father fear feelings Finden fled flowers fond gaze Gilbert Wakefield glows Goodall grey grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Hist hope hour Household Deities hung Icarius Italy light line 15 lived look Lord mind musing Newington Green night o'er once Petrarch Pleasures of Memory poems Poet resigned Richard Sharp rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene secret shade shed shine sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit stood Stothard Stourbridge sung sweet swell taste tears thee thine Thomas Rogers thou thought thro trace trembling triumph Turner Twas verse virtue voice wake wandering wave weep wild wings wish Worcestershire young youth