The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, Volume 1J. Seagrave, 1806 |
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... believe , that if their revered author had been solicit- ed to appoint a biographer for himself , he would have assigned to me this honourable task : Yet honourable as I considered it , I was perfectly aware of the difficulties , and ...
... believe , that if their revered author had been solicit- ed to appoint a biographer for himself , he would have assigned to me this honourable task : Yet honourable as I considered it , I was perfectly aware of the difficulties , and ...
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... believe ) the majority of readers wilk sympathize with me in proportion as they compare him with the most eminent Letter - writers of the ancient and modern world ; a comparison , which these desultory remarks were designed to promote ...
... believe ) the majority of readers wilk sympathize with me in proportion as they compare him with the most eminent Letter - writers of the ancient and modern world ; a comparison , which these desultory remarks were designed to promote ...
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... believe ) not in any " letter or conversation . " The advocate of Lady Mary endeavours to prove the falsity of Pope in this protestation , by adducing passages from his works in which the name of Sappho must evidently belong to the lady ...
... believe ) not in any " letter or conversation . " The advocate of Lady Mary endeavours to prove the falsity of Pope in this protestation , by adducing passages from his works in which the name of Sappho must evidently belong to the lady ...
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... believe . Pope is pecu- liarly unfortunate in his two eminent biographers , Johnson and Warton , because each of them had felt the influence of an acci- dental and personal prejudice against him , which may account for their failing to ...
... believe . Pope is pecu- liarly unfortunate in his two eminent biographers , Johnson and Warton , because each of them had felt the influence of an acci- dental and personal prejudice against him , which may account for their failing to ...
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... believe " says Swift to Pope , ( October 21 , 1735 , ) ' my Letters have escaped being published , because I writ no- thing but nature , and friendship , and particular incidents , " which could make no figure in writing : I have ...
... believe " says Swift to Pope , ( October 21 , 1735 , ) ' my Letters have escaped being published , because I writ no- thing but nature , and friendship , and particular incidents , " which could make no figure in writing : I have ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afford amiable amuse appears Atossa believe benevolent Bishop of Galloway blessing Brother celebrated censure character Christian correspondence Cowper dear Cousin DEAR FRIEND delight display divine English Epistles epistolary Esqr esteem expression favour feel friendship give grace happy heart honour hope Huntingdon interesting JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour Lady HESKETH language least live Lord Lord Hervey Lord Peterborough mean ment mercy mind mother nature never obliged observe occasion Olney peculiar perhaps person Phalaris pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powerful praise present racter reader reason received recollect religious remarkable remember respect Revd Sappho Scripture seems sentiments speak spect spirit suppose sure talents temper tender thank thee Themistius thing thou thought Tibullus tion truth verse virtues volume W. C. LETTER William Cowper WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write written wrote young
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Page 16 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page xlv - 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 xlv - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age...
Page 90 - 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 102 - ... within doors or sing some hymns of Martin's collection, and by the help of Mrs. Unwin's harpsichord make up a tolerable concert in which our hearts, I hope, are the best and most musical performers. After tea we sally forth to walk in good earnest. Mrs. Unwin is a good walker, and we have generally travelled about four miles before we see home again.
Page 237 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 184 - 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 54 - ... built as upon a rock : the fall of man, the redemption of man, and the resurrection of man, the three cardinal articles of our religion, are such as human ingenuity could never have invented, therefore they must be divine; the other argument is this. If the prophecies have been fulfilled (of which there is abundant demonstration) the Scripture must be the word of God, and if the Scripture is the word of God, Christianity must be true.
Page 270 - 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 the taste and fashions, and ruling passions, and...
Page 288 - With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish painter, who draws a shrimp with the most minute exactness, he had all the genius of one of the first masters. Never, I believe, were such talents and such drudgery united.