Cowper: Poetry & ProseClarendon Press, 1960 - 196 pages |
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Page 28
... tion of self - murder , and give him my sentiments upon the question I did so , and argued against it . My father heard my reasons , and was silent , neither approving nor disapproving ; from whence I inferred that he sided with the ...
... tion of self - murder , and give him my sentiments upon the question I did so , and argued against it . My father heard my reasons , and was silent , neither approving nor disapproving ; from whence I inferred that he sided with the ...
Page 134
... tion , or rather not master of it , —an imagination which , when he finds himself in the company he loves , and can Io confide in , runs away with him into such fields of specula- tion , as amuse and enliven every other imagination that ...
... tion , or rather not master of it , —an imagination which , when he finds himself in the company he loves , and can Io confide in , runs away with him into such fields of specula- tion , as amuse and enliven every other imagination that ...
Page 136
... tion was such , that I had no doubt it had begun with him , 10 but soon found that it was rather farther off . In fact , it was at three places ; -in the outhouses belonging to George Griggs , Lucy and Abigail Tyrrel . Having broke out ...
... tion was such , that I had no doubt it had begun with him , 10 but soon found that it was rather farther off . In fact , it was at three places ; -in the outhouses belonging to George Griggs , Lucy and Abigail Tyrrel . Having broke out ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
HAZLITT ON COWPER | 11 |
BAGEHOT ON COWPER | 17 |
Copyright | |
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