The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Zväzok 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Strana 19
... mentions Dr. Cowper ( the father of the Poet ) as one of his friends , who possessed a talent for poetry , exhibiting at the same time a respectable specimen of his verse . The Duncombes in the preface to their Horace , impute the size ...
... mentions Dr. Cowper ( the father of the Poet ) as one of his friends , who possessed a talent for poetry , exhibiting at the same time a respectable specimen of his verse . The Duncombes in the preface to their Horace , impute the size ...
Strana 37
... mention this latter circumstance chiefly because my distance from Cambridge has made a horseman of me at last , or at least is likely to do so . My brother and I meet every week , by an alternate reciprocation of inter- course , as Sam ...
... mention this latter circumstance chiefly because my distance from Cambridge has made a horseman of me at last , or at least is likely to do so . My brother and I meet every week , by an alternate reciprocation of inter- course , as Sam ...
Strana 53
... mention , has done for me , the chief of sinners . Once he was a terror to me , and his ser- vice , Oh what a weariness it was ! Now I can say I love him , and his Holy Name , and am never so happy as his LIFE OF COWPER . 53.
... mention , has done for me , the chief of sinners . Once he was a terror to me , and his ser- vice , Oh what a weariness it was ! Now I can say I love him , and his Holy Name , and am never so happy as his LIFE OF COWPER . 53.
Strana 57
... mention lies now upon my table . Marshal is an old acquaintance of mine ; I have both read him and heard him read with pleasure and edification . The doctrines he I maintains maintains are , under the influence of the spirit of LIFE OF ...
... mention lies now upon my table . Marshal is an old acquaintance of mine ; I have both read him and heard him read with pleasure and edification . The doctrines he I maintains maintains are , under the influence of the spirit of LIFE OF ...
Strana 83
... mention . I looked over all his papers before I left the place , and had there been such a one , must have discovered it . I have heard the report from other quarters , but no other particulars than that the woman foretold him when he ...
... mention . I looked over all his papers before I left the place , and had there been such a one , must have discovered it . I have heard the report from other quarters , but no other particulars than that the woman foretold him when he ...
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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.