CONTENTS. AN Introductory letter to the Right Hon. Earl Cowper Desultory remarks on the letters of eminent persons, particularly those of Pope His verses on finding the heel of a shoe ib. His nomination to the office of reading clerk and clerk of the private committees His appointment to be clerk of the Journals in that house Letter 1. To Lady Hesketh. Journals of the House of Lords; reflection on the His settlement at Huntingdon, to be near his brother The translation of Voltaire's Henriade by the two brothers The origin of Cowper's acquaintance with the Unwins His early friendship with Lord Thurlow, and J. Hill, Esq. 2 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Account of his situation at Huntingdon 3 To Lady Hesketh. On his illness and subsequent recovery 4 To the same. Salutary effects of affliction on the human mind 5 To the same. Account of Huntingdon; distance from his brother, 6 To the same. Newton's treatise on prophecy; reflections on Dr. 7 To the same. On the beauty and sublimity of scriptural lan- guage 8 To the same. Pearsall's meditations; definition of faith 15 To Lady Hesketh. On solitude; on the desertion of his friends 16 To Mrs. Cowper. Mrs. Unwin, and her son; his cousin Martin Letters the fruit of friendship; his conversion. On the same subject; on his own state of body and 24 To the same. On the motive of his introducing Mr. Unwin's 25 To the same. Mr. Unwin's death; doubts concerning his future 26 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Reflections arising from Mr. Unwin's death The origin of Cowper's acquaintance with Mr. Newton The death of Mr. Unwin, and Cowper's removal with Mrs. Unwin to His devotion and charity in his new residence 27 To Joseph Hill, Esq. On the occurrences during his visit at St. On the difference of dispositions; his love of retire- 31 To the same. Dangerous illness of his brother 32 To the Rev. J. Newton. Sickness and death of his brother 33 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Religious sentiments of his brother The composition of the Olney Hymns, by Mr. Newton and Cowper. His tame hares, one of his first amusements on his recovery The origin of his friendship with Mr. Bull His translation from Madame de la Mothe Guion 37 To the same. Johnson's Lives of the Poets 39 To the same. Johnson's Biography; his treatment of Milton Oct. 31 64 Dec. 2 65 42 To the Rev. J. Newton. On the danger of innovation 44 To the same. Pluralities in the church. 1780. 41 To the same. Burke's speech on the reformation; nightingale and glow-worm 45 To the Rev. J. Newton. Distinction between a travelled man and a 47 To J. Hill, Esq. The Chancellor's (Thurlow) illness 48 To the Rev. W. Unwin. His passion for landscape drawing; mo- 53 To the Rev. William Unwin. Latin verses on ditto Robertson's History; Biographia Britannica 55 To the Rev. J. Newton. Ingenuity of slander; Lacemakers' Peti- 56 To the Rev. W. Unwin. To touch and retouch, the secret of good 57 To J. Hill, Esq. Recommendation of the Lacemakers' petition 58 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Translation of the Latin verses on the riots Human nature not changed; a modern Aug. 31 89 70 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Verses on a goldfinch starved to death in 63 To the Rev. J. Newton. Escape of one of his hares 73 To J. Hill, Esq. On metrical law-cases; old age 74 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Consolations on the asperity of a critic 75 To the same. Publication of his first volume 76 To J. Hill, Esq. On the composition and publication of his first 77 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reasons for not showing his preface to Mr. 83 To the Rev. J. Newton. In rhyme, on his poetry 84 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Brighton amusements; his projected au- 85 To Mrs. Cowper. His first volume; death of a friend 86 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Brighton dissipation; education of young Johnson's character of Prior and Pope Character of Caraccioli the dignity of 96 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On the Newspapers 97 To the Rev. J. Newton. Mr. Newton's preface, and Johnson's The inadequate success of his first volume. Probable reasons of the neglect it at first experienced. Example of Cowper's ingenuousness in speaking of himself The various kinds of excellence in his first volume The origin of Cowper's acquaintance with Lady Austen A billet and verses from Cowper to Lady Austen 101 To the Rev. William Unwin. Observations on religious characters 102 To the same. On his own volume of poems; on his letter to the Account of a viper in the green-house; poems of 110 To the same. On a charitable donation to the poor of Olney 111 To the same. Dr. Beattie; translation of Madame Guion's poems |