The Correspondence of William Cowper: Arranged in Chronological Order, Volume 1Hodder and Stoughton, 1904 - 6 pages |
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... pleasure in writing to you at any time , but especially at the present , when my days are spent in reading the Journals , and my nights in dreaming of them — an employment not very agreeable to a head that has long been habituated to ...
... pleasure in writing to you at any time , but especially at the present , when my days are spent in reading the Journals , and my nights in dreaming of them — an employment not very agreeable to a head that has long been habituated to ...
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... pleasure in writing to you , which , in that case , I should have forfeited . Let me hear from you , or I shall reap but half the reward that is due to my noble indiffer- ence . Yours ever , and evermore , W. C. - Having brooded over ...
... pleasure in writing to you , which , in that case , I should have forfeited . Let me hear from you , or I shall reap but half the reward that is due to my noble indiffer- ence . Yours ever , and evermore , W. C. - Having brooded over ...
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... pleasure , and I would gladly do any thing from which you could receive it . I left St. Albans on the 17th , and arrived that day at Cambridge , spent some time there with my brother , and came hither on the 22nd . I have a lodging that ...
... pleasure , and I would gladly do any thing from which you could receive it . I left St. Albans on the 17th , and arrived that day at Cambridge , spent some time there with my brother , and came hither on the 22nd . I have a lodging that ...
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... pleasure ) , what have I not suffered ! And since it has pleased God to restore me to the use of my reason , what have I not 1 See Shakespeare's Henry V. , Act iv . scene 6 , Fluellin's speech about the river in Macedon and the river in ...
... pleasure ) , what have I not suffered ! And since it has pleased God to restore me to the use of my reason , what have I not 1 See Shakespeare's Henry V. , Act iv . scene 6 , Fluellin's speech about the river in Macedon and the river in ...
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... pleasures . I should have written to you from St. Albans long since , but was willing to perform quarantine first , both for my own sake , and because I thought my letters would be more satisfactory to you from any other quarter . You ...
... pleasures . I should have written to you from St. Albans long since , but was willing to perform quarantine first , both for my own sake , and because I thought my letters would be more satisfactory to you from any other quarter . You ...
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able acquaintance affectionately afford agreeable amusement answer Armand Vestris believe blessed called character Christian Clifton Reynes comfort Cowper dear cousin dear friend DEAR FRIEND,-I desire Dewsbury doubt effect expect favour feel friendship furnish garden give glad happy hear heart honour hope Huntingdon JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL Olney JOSEPH JOHNSON July June 18 Lady Austen LADY HESKETH least less letter live London Lord Lord Dartmouth love attends Madan Martin Madan means mercy mind mother never Newport Pagnell obliged occasion Olney Hymns opinion perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poor possible pounds present Raban reason received recollect remember respect Scripture seems sensible sent spirits suppose sure thank thing thought tion truth verse volume W. C. TO JOSEPH Weston Underwood WILLIAM BULL WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write wrote
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Page 69 - 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 ? for ye are our glory and joy,
Page 54 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 80 - ... seldom sit an hour after dinner, but, if the weather permits, adjourn to the garden, where with Mrs. Unwin and her son I have generally the pleasure of religious conversation till tea-time. If it rains, or is too windy for walking, we either converse within doors, or sing some hymns of Martin's 1 collection, and by the help of Mrs.
Page 42 - ... illness, in the midst of such a life, as it is frightful to reflect upon ; and here am I, in better health and spirits, than I can almost remember to have enjoyed before, after having spent months in the apprehension of instant death. How mysterious are the ways of Providence ! Why did I receive grace and mercy ? Why was I preserved, afflicted for my good, received, as I trust, into...
Page 194 - LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; • With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes.
Page 23 - Spy1 says, he kept no servant because he would not have an enemy in his house, I hired mine because I would have a friend. Men do not usually bestow these encomiums on their lackeys, nor do they usually deserve them, but I have had experience of mine, both in sickness and in health, and never saw his fellow.
Page 88 - The book you mention lies now upon my table. Marshall is an old acquaintance of mine : I have both read hmPand heard him read with pleasure and edification. The doctrines he maintains are, under the influence of the Spirit of Christ, the very life of my soul, and the soul of all my happiness : that Jesus is a present Saviour from the guilt of sin by His most precious blood, and from the power of it by His Spirit ; that corrupt and wretched in ourselves, in Him, and in Him only, we are complete ;...
Page 325 - I have writ charity, not for popularity, but as well as I could, in hopes to do good; and if the reviewer, should say, to be sure, the gentleman's muse, wears Methodist shoes, you may know by her pace, and talk about grace, that she and her bard, have little regard, for...
Page 257 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seemed to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 80 - I am obliged to you for the interest you take in my welfare, and for your enquiring, so particularly, after the manner, in which my time passes here. As to amusements, I mean what the world calls such, we have none : the place indeed swarms with them ; and cards and dancing are the professed business of almost all the gentle inhabitants of Huntingdon.