The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Zväzok 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Homer - The Pleasure he derived from that Work - Extract of a Letter on the Subject to his Kinsman of Nor- folk , page 410 , to the End of the Volume . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . The Portrait , after Romney , as a Frontispiece to Vol ...
... Homer - The Pleasure he derived from that Work - Extract of a Letter on the Subject to his Kinsman of Nor- folk , page 410 , to the End of the Volume . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . The Portrait , after Romney , as a Frontispiece to Vol ...
Strana ii
... Homer - The Pleasure he derived from that Work - Extract of a Letter on the Subject to his Kinsman of Nor- folk , page 410 , to the End of the Volume . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . The Portrait , after Romney , as a Frontispiece to Vol ...
... Homer - The Pleasure he derived from that Work - Extract of a Letter on the Subject to his Kinsman of Nor- folk , page 410 , to the End of the Volume . DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER . The Portrait , after Romney , as a Frontispiece to Vol ...
Strana ix
... Homer , their immortal president , assigns to the bard , he describes ; and which he exemplified himself in his own person . Their lives have been frequently chequered by the darkest shades of calamity ; but their personal infelicities ...
... Homer , their immortal president , assigns to the bard , he describes ; and which he exemplified himself in his own person . Their lives have been frequently chequered by the darkest shades of calamity ; but their personal infelicities ...
Strana 95
... day with utter extinction . I did not perceive ' till this moment that I had tacked two si- milies together , a practice , which though warranted by the example of of Homer , and allowable in an Epic Poem , LIFE OF COWPER . 95.
... day with utter extinction . I did not perceive ' till this moment that I had tacked two si- milies together , a practice , which though warranted by the example of of Homer , and allowable in an Epic Poem , LIFE OF COWPER . 95.
Strana 96
William Cowper William Hayley. of Homer , and allowable in an Epic Poem , is rather luxuriant and licentious in a Letter ; lest I should add another , I conclude . His affectionate effort in renewing his correspondence with Mrs. Cowper ...
William Cowper William Hayley. of Homer , and allowable in an Epic Poem , is rather luxuriant and licentious in a Letter ; lest I should add another , I conclude . His affectionate effort in renewing his correspondence with Mrs. Cowper ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate amiable amusement appears April 17 attention beautiful blessing Bodham brother character comfortable Cowper DEAR COUSIN DEAR FRIEND dearest Cousin degree delight Esqr feel friendship genius give graceful happy heart Homer honour honour of Scotland hope Huntingdon Iliad interesting John Gilpin John Johnson JOSEPH HILL kind labour Lace-makers Lady Austen Lady Hesketh least LETTER LETTER live Lodge Lord March 11 mind nature neighbours never Newton obliged occasion Olney painful Park-House peculiar perhaps pleased pleasure Poem Poet poetical poetry powers praise present prove racters Reader reason received recollect river Ouse Samuel Rose scene Scripture seems sensible sent shew spirit suppose sure talents tell tender thee thing thou thought Throckmorton tion Translation truth Unwin verse virtues Volume W. C. LETTER walk Weston WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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Strana 100 - Toll for the Brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock : She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Strana 77 - 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.
Strana xviii - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.
Strana 76 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Strana 227 - Alas ! Sir, I have heretofore borrowed help from him, but he is a gentleman of so much reading that the people of our town cannot understand him.
Strana 195 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Strana 12 - He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a duchess.