“ Obversatur oculis ille vir, quo neminen ætas nostra graviorem, sanctiorem, subtiliorem Puindi Epist. Lib. 4. Ep. 17. CONTENTS The Life, Part the First-The Family, Birth, and First Residence of CowperHis Eulogy on the Tenderness of his Mother, pages 1, 2, 3—Her Portrait-Her Epitaph by her Niece, 4,5-The Schools that Cowper attended His sufferings in Childhood, 7, 8, 9-Leaves Westminster and is stationed in the house of an Attorney, 11 Verses on his early Afflictions, 12, 13 Settles in the Inner Temple His Acquaintance with eminent Authors, 14- His Epistle to Lloyd, 15—His Translations in Duncombe's Horace, 19-His own Account The origin of Cowper’s Acquaintance with the Revd. Mfr. Newton, 65_His Removal with Mrs. Unwin on the Death of her Husband to Olney in Buckinghamshire-His Devotion and 19 A brief Account of the Revd. John Cowper, who died March 20, 1770- and the Tribute paid to his Memory by his Brother the Poet. 7, 1770 .... 21 Sept. 25, 1770 .... 92 The Collection of the Olney Hymns interrupted by the Illness of Cowper, page 86-His long and severe depression His tame Hares one of his first amusements on his revival, 89, 90- Το ..... To Joseph Hill, Esqr.... LITTER, The Publication of his first Volume-not immediately successful-probable reasons of the neglect that it seemed for some time to experience an example of the Poet's amiable ingenuousness in speaking of himself the various kinds of excellence in his first Volume from page 110 The origin of Cowper's acquaintance with Lady Austen-A Poetical Epistle to that Lady, 115, 120-a Billet to the same Lady, and three Songs written for her Harpsichord, 122, 128 She relates to Cowper the Story of John Gilpin, 129_Continuation of Letters, 130. To the same ... 36 The origin of the Task, 135—Extracts from Cowper's Letters to the Revd. Mr. Bull, relating to the progress of that Poem, 136, 137 A sudden end of the Poet's Intercourse with Lady : To |