The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volume 1Saunders & Otley, 1835 |
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... Verses on his early afflictions His acquaintance with eminent authors His own account of his early life Stanzas on reading Sir Charles Grandison His verses on finding the heel of a shoe His nomination to the office of Reading Clerk in ...
... Verses on his early afflictions His acquaintance with eminent authors His own account of his early life Stanzas on reading Sir Charles Grandison His verses on finding the heel of a shoe His nomination to the office of Reading Clerk in ...
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... verses on ditto . June 18 , 1780 To the same . Robertson's History ; Biographia Britan- nica . June 22 , 1780 To the Rev. J. Newton . Ingenuity of slander ; lace- makers ' petition . June 23 , 1780 166 169 · 171 173 175 178 ...
... verses on ditto . June 18 , 1780 To the same . Robertson's History ; Biographia Britan- nica . June 22 , 1780 To the Rev. J. Newton . Ingenuity of slander ; lace- makers ' petition . June 23 , 1780 166 169 · 171 173 175 178 ...
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... verses , parson and clerk . Sept. 3 , 1780 PAGE · 200 To the same . On education . Sept. 7 , 1780 To the same . To the same . Public schools . Sept. 17 , 1780 On the same subject . Oct. 5 , 1780 · 202 · 204 . 207 To Mrs. Newton . On Mr ...
... verses , parson and clerk . Sept. 3 , 1780 PAGE · 200 To the same . On education . Sept. 7 , 1780 To the same . To the same . Public schools . Sept. 17 , 1780 On the same subject . Oct. 5 , 1780 · 202 · 204 . 207 To Mrs. Newton . On Mr ...
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... verse , and , with rare munificence , bestowed both an epitaph and a monument on that illustrious divine , the venerable Hooker . In the edition of Walton's Lives , by Zouch , the curious reader may find the epitaph written by Sir ...
... verse , and , with rare munificence , bestowed both an epitaph and a monument on that illustrious divine , the venerable Hooker . In the edition of Walton's Lives , by Zouch , the curious reader may find the epitaph written by Sir ...
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... verses , com- posed by a young lady , her niece , the late lady Walsingham . Here lies , in early years bereft of life , The best of mothers and the kindest wife . Who neither knew nor practis'd any art , Secure in 4 LIFE OF COWPER .
... verses , com- posed by a young lady , her niece , the late lady Walsingham . Here lies , in early years bereft of life , The best of mothers and the kindest wife . Who neither knew nor practis'd any art , Secure in 4 LIFE OF COWPER .
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acquaintance affection affectionately affliction afford agreeable Alban's amusement answer appearance attend believe blessing brother character Christian church comfort Cousin-I Cowper dear cousin dear friend delight desire disciplined band divine doubt esteem expect faith favour feel Friend-I friendship give glad happy heart Hertfordshire honour hope House of Lords Huntingdon interest JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL June 18 kind labour LADY HESKETH least live Lord Lord George Gordon March 18 mean ments mercy mind mother nature never obliged occasion Olney Olney hymns perhaps piety pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poor pray present Private Correspondence reason received recollect remember respect Scripture seems sensible sorrow spirit suppose sure tender thank thee thing thou thought tion truth verses W. C. TO JOSEPH W. C. TO LADY Westminster school William Cowper WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write wrote
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Page 24 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 3 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession! but the record fair That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 214 - In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship, he said, will undoubtedly find That the Nose has had spectacles always in wear, Which amounts to possession time out of mind.
Page 3 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or...
Page 73 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Page 251 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibul'lus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him.
Page 156 - At present, the difference between them and me is greatly to their advantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so ; for rested in, and -viewed without a reference to their Author, what is the earth, what are the planets, what is the sun itself but a bauble? Better for a man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a brute, stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say, " The Maker of all these wonders is my friend...
Page 140 - It is like that of a fine organ ; has the fullest and the deepest tones of majesty, with all the softness and elegance of the. Dorian flute. Variety without end and never equalled, unless perhaps by Virgil.
Page 136 - If government should impose another tax upon that commodity I hardly know a business in which a gentleman might more successfully employ himself. A Chinese, of ten times my fortune, would avail himself of such an opportunity without scruple ; and why should not I, who want money as much as any mandarin in China ? Rousseau would have been charmed to have seen me so occupied, and would have exclaimed with rapture, " that he had found the Emilius who (he supposed) had subsisted only in his own idea.
Page 270 - ... tis only her plan to catch, if she can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production, on a new construction ; she has baited her...