The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... merit of the highest order , it is an easy and graceful composition , " adapted to common notions and equal to common expectations , " and undoubtedly calculated to " please the many . " It has always been a favourite , because the ...
... merit of the highest order , it is an easy and graceful composition , " adapted to common notions and equal to common expectations , " and undoubtedly calculated to " please the many . " It has always been a favourite , because the ...
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... merit well of human - kind ; Nor made a sacrifice of those Who still were true , to please his foes . He labour'd many a fruitless hour , To reconcile his friends in power ; Saw mischief by a faction brewing , While they pursued each ...
... merit well of human - kind ; Nor made a sacrifice of those Who still were true , to please his foes . He labour'd many a fruitless hour , To reconcile his friends in power ; Saw mischief by a faction brewing , While they pursued each ...
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... merit sufficient to establish the name of the writer among the highest order of British Poets ; -but they are the productions of a healthy mind , a sound judgment , and a discriminating taste ; and the versification is exceedingly easy ...
... merit sufficient to establish the name of the writer among the highest order of British Poets ; -but they are the productions of a healthy mind , a sound judgment , and a discriminating taste ; and the versification is exceedingly easy ...
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... merit , to us appears a production of the highest and rarest order . It is at once " a book of entertainment and of science . " It communi- cates a vast quantity of knowledge in a form the most agreeable and impressive ; there is ...
... merit , to us appears a production of the highest and rarest order . It is at once " a book of entertainment and of science . " It communi- cates a vast quantity of knowledge in a form the most agreeable and impressive ; there is ...
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... merit to place his name among those of the highest in the list of British Poets - but they are gracefully , and at times eloquently written , manifesting a rare fertility of thought , if not a richness of invention . " He is sprightly ...
... merit to place his name among those of the highest in the list of British Poets - but they are gracefully , and at times eloquently written , manifesting a rare fertility of thought , if not a richness of invention . " He is sprightly ...
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