Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-22
RuOG LITERARY
GOSSIP ABOUT SAMUEL ROGERS.


century, familiar ia every Literary etfeie IN Eng
land 5000.
In his nineieih year his memory hegnn to fail him
in a manner that was painful To- his friends. lie WNs
no longer able To retain his shortest stories or well
| come his constant companions with his usan com
plimentary expressions lie began 10 forget familiar
faces and at last forgot that be had ever been po-
| ct II WAS impossible. however, even when Memory
! had nj length deserted the poet who had sung her
harms. to look upon him without feeling OF venc-
! ration Faces ot other times seemed 10 cfoss over
| him he sat, anl what tlHt now vacant mind had
once known, what those now lItccss EYES had once
seen and whnt that new allcriug tongue could once
relate well, Wers the thoughts upPefm6st IN the
minds of all who knew him.
On the morning OF the 18th December, la55 the
rithonus Of living English poets was takcn from
among US lie died In his own house, surrounded by
the works Of art which his fine taste had brought a.
bout him. lie expired writes Or lenttie, the
physician who was with him Mt halfpast twelve
this morning. more tranquil and placid transition
never bched. HIS devoted niece closed hie eyes,
aud his faithful domescs stood weeping around ht'
bed Some of the attendant circumstances reminded
me Of the denth bed OF Campbell but tins was more
| calm solemn and impressive, quite ia keeping with
| the scene IA his Human Life
His face is said to have been prepossessing in hls
! youth, aud the drawing Of him by Sir Thomas Law
renee from which many cuRraTinRs hive been
made, seems 10 support such belief lis ryea were
blue in color and large aud his nose long Iii com
pleNion must always have been pale Ills height WIS
about i've feet five inches
As he advanced IN frars The color rctreated alto
ecthcr from BIZ face AMI the satire Of Byron then
true to his appearance HIS looks afforded ot COURSE
q enc field of sarcastic comment. Theodore Hook
who was often merciles7 AT his expense recommend
eel his friends 10 induce HIM to abstain from attend
ing Lord Byrons funeral He stood in danger. he
-liI, Of being recognized toy the undertaken
corpse he hid screwed down some SIX weeks before
Thus eminent by position and genius, his opinion
was frequently sought by authors and by artists
he shy OF praise, shy of ccnsure In mn age when
almost every poet Of any name was reviewer, Rog
waa not reviewer. When in the presence of tne
painter OF any picture he had constant to the
safe and general criticism Of Sir Joshua. "Prcuy,
very pretty, were the words that conveyed sat5irr-
ton to the eager ears oil many a clever artist
The critic who annoyed Mr. Rogers ia the Qunr-
tcrly was never more IN the wrong tan when he rs
serted that hs author wns hnsty writer \ man
oflctters and of fortune from his birth, whose tcra-
Is life extended orcrsAty years, cnunoi be called II
lrty writer when the produce OF his life ean he Pine
cl with case in mn ordinary rocket volume for such
tho .l,,ne hi work ,,,l M tho lafes1 edition
Tl, r,t IA tbat ,y,rq b'r, Lo',, hru5. and mat
f. lice he ever wrote VA rr,.l.o at -inylr .r,t,.,
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smith :, Wben ROGER urol,.... u roopIe, he ,,uo,
T., hcJ ,,1 ,Ie l5,.f mad ', To-, IL ~,
and the ,an,lIe j, lna.la and Mn. aollrf T., io..l.
j.. that Mr. Roerr. "a v.l ..,a,,ll. be- ,.et,l,,l '
Pointed. anxious and acute I,prles III Iaasr about
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it NAV i've the q fashion !" Ijaw mar, .mnr.
sn,i n,s arc asgignej l., l,,,,l an an, ss,gyn H. f
vii and Rose. 10 Walpol, and others Of Walpolc.
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unn, were ami ,,'c IT,, Mr. ,nr ,,l, H.
he had nothing Whatever IN do In the ca41t fa. .
of The John HuIl pro.r,,cr sam, U,.,.rs va ftb,r
cd " inn n,ony a snort sa,ir mad ,,l,n, a, I,,r and
many stuni,l ie5t II Vii Inc tl,, b,.i,,,.s ~ Mr.,
D,cc 10 soer the ,,,p,,inn G,, ,h til H.. sp,,,
rr,m tbc dull of lie NAM, ,,ft,h,.,r T., N
Rogers. \ few. most only aud mm,.raha6h ha
vii NAT he out ,,t ,,p,.c -, th', ,,r,,,,,s
Sir Th,,n,s lao'rcnr, and MIR rE,fl,n5 Inv. h,,i,
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| nohlounn.
IN, wa. the s,,,, IL, .,, q ,,, MINI, :, a...
\ line believe, OF his own compo'tnr' tfenrb no,
included in his works
llc could be severe upon his own friends Ofue
same nobcmnn he observed. pAinl.ngpI4es Inn. Ia.
/ pleasure, aud music absolute pain
In italy, he said The mclnu.,. see. more than N
! eve
." envy ~ man # my iinc any SAVING so n,.l
as cn,, Lord John Russell that admirable sIe6ui
lion of pra.crh=. Thew Iof, l 9,,p, ann, tsIe,ii
/ orouc' D."
,Wha, a lucky fellow Won are" lie snj,1 n N,ar,.
surely Won mnst have been horn with are.r5,.,on
lips and "A nightingale SINGING an the TON of ,or
| bed"
" cannot admire Nnrillo to thu e,trnt which .
| now iu f, shion The unidentified mud or1inar, ~,
! turc of his ynres aud faces pI,y,, ,p.n,ls M,
! "Thcre are two partes before whom, eyrr, bol,
| must nppear- the Holland. and the t,,I,qes
Indy Holland WIS always lnrcptfnt, that she h,
nothing to do that She did NOT knew what Ia la pt
or how to employ her time She was one 1ny ,,,,ra
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