Derzhavin
Americannoun
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Indeed, not only his contemporaries, but the foremost representatives of the Russian literature of that day, Derzhavin, Karamzin and Zhukovsky, made no mistake about it.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Maurice Baring
On being shown my verses, he called me to his side, and said: "Who knows, my cousin, but that he may prove to be a second Derzhavin?"
From Childhood by C. J. Hogarth
I began to read different poems in our books, but neither Dimitrieff nor Derzhavin could help me.
From Childhood by C. J. Hogarth
The name of Derzhavin is spoken of with reverence among his countrymen: he was the laureate of the epoch of Catherine, and had a fresh ode for every new military glory.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
Lomonosov Punin found fault with for too simple and free a style; while to Derzhavin he maintained an attitude almost of hostility, saying that he was more of a courtier than a poet.
From A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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