Cowper: Poetry & ProseClarendon Press, 1960 - 196 pages |
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Page 105
... give part of it away to my washerwoman . Then I made an experiment upon a sheep's heart , and that was too little ... gives to their countenance , for it is really a matter full of perplexity . I have received but one visit since here I ...
... give part of it away to my washerwoman . Then I made an experiment upon a sheep's heart , and that was too little ... gives to their countenance , for it is really a matter full of perplexity . I have received but one visit since here I ...
Page 164
... give you pleasure to see Causidice mi once more , especially in the comfortable abode where you have placed him , and because after so long an imprison- ment in London , you who love the country and have a taste for it , would of course ...
... give you pleasure to see Causidice mi once more , especially in the comfortable abode where you have placed him , and because after so long an imprison- ment in London , you who love the country and have a taste for it , would of course ...
Page 173
... give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before morning . Very minute beginnings have sometimes important consequences . From nursing two or three little evergreens , I became ambitious of a green ...
... give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before morning . Very minute beginnings have sometimes important consequences . From nursing two or three little evergreens , I became ambitious of a green ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
HAZLITT ON COWPER | 11 |
BAGEHOT ON COWPER | 17 |
Copyright | |
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