The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... able to ascertain ; but they are worthy his pen , and will therefore appear in the Appendix to these volumes . Speaking of his own early life , in a letter to Mr. Park ( dated March 1792 ) Cowper says , with that extreme modesty , which ...
... able to ascertain ; but they are worthy his pen , and will therefore appear in the Appendix to these volumes . Speaking of his own early life , in a letter to Mr. Park ( dated March 1792 ) Cowper says , with that extreme modesty , which ...
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... able to form many plausible conjectures con- cerning the possibility of our knowing each other in a future state , and the Scripture has , here and there , favoured us with an expres- sion , that looks at least like a slight intimation ...
... able to form many plausible conjectures con- cerning the possibility of our knowing each other in a future state , and the Scripture has , here and there , favoured us with an expres- sion , that looks at least like a slight intimation ...
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... able to form a just one of the danger we have escaped ; when we know how weak and frail we were , surely we shall be more able to render due praise and honour to His strength who fought for us ; when we know completely the hatefulness ...
... able to form a just one of the danger we have escaped ; when we know how weak and frail we were , surely we shall be more able to render due praise and honour to His strength who fought for us ; when we know completely the hatefulness ...
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... able to do . He is ready possessed of an answer to every question you can possibly ask concerning me , and knows my whole Story from first to last . I give you this previous notice , be- cause I know you are not fond of strange faces ...
... able to do . He is ready possessed of an answer to every question you can possibly ask concerning me , and knows my whole Story from first to last . I give you this previous notice , be- cause I know you are not fond of strange faces ...
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... able , upon unquestionable evidence , to assert my Gentlemanhood , and relieve me from the weight of that opprobrious appellation . Oh Pride , Pride ! it deceives with the subtlety of a Serpent , and seems to walk erect , though it ...
... able , upon unquestionable evidence , to assert my Gentlemanhood , and relieve me from the weight of that opprobrious appellation . Oh Pride , Pride ! it deceives with the subtlety of a Serpent , and seems to walk erect , though it ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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, .
Page 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.