The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Zväzok 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... lines , tho ' weak , are as herself sincere . The truth and tenderness of this Epitaph will more than compensate with every candid Reader the imperfection ascribed to it by its young and modest Author - To have lost a parent of a ...
... lines , tho ' weak , are as herself sincere . The truth and tenderness of this Epitaph will more than compensate with every candid Reader the imperfection ascribed to it by its young and modest Author - To have lost a parent of a ...
Strana 10
... lines of life , that few fathers could command sufficient leisure ( if nature fur- nished them with talents and inclination ) to fulfill the arduous office of preceptor to their own children ; yet arduous and irksome as the office is ...
... lines of life , that few fathers could command sufficient leisure ( if nature fur- nished them with talents and inclination ) to fulfill the arduous office of preceptor to their own children ; yet arduous and irksome as the office is ...
Strana 13
... lines are easy too : Where then the preference shall we place ? Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd , and refin'd , the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill chosen rhyme T'escape him , at ...
... lines are easy too : Where then the preference shall we place ? Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd , and refin'd , the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill chosen rhyme T'escape him , at ...
Strana 17
... lines are easy too : Where then the preference shall we place ? Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd , and refin'd , the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill chosen rhyme T'escape him , at ...
... lines are easy too : Where then the preference shall we place ? Or how do justice in this case ? Matthew ( says Fame ) with endless pains Smooth'd , and refin'd , the meanest strains ; Nor suffer'd one ill chosen rhyme T'escape him , at ...
Strana 24
... line of public life , that appeared better suited to the modesty of his na- ture , and to his moderate ambition . In his thirty - first year , he was nominated to the offices of reading Clerk , and Clerk of the private Committees in the ...
... line of public life , that appeared better suited to the modesty of his na- ture , and to his moderate ambition . In his thirty - first year , he was nominated to the offices of reading Clerk , and Clerk of the private Committees in the ...
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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.