‘My dear Lord,—It is now half a century since I
expressed my admiration publicly for the speech of an ancestor of yours, in the
reign of William the Third. May
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ROGERS AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
I venture to express my admiration for what you have
written on the subject of slavery in the Western world?
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)
English poet, banker, and aesthete, author of the ever-popular Pleasures of Memory (1792), Columbus (1810), Jaqueline (1814), and Italy (1822-28).
William III, king of England (1650-1702)
King of England (1689-1702); succeeded James II in the Glorious Revolution.
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Author: Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902
Title:Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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