The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley. Supplementary pages, Volume 21806 |
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... till evening , without one cross occurrence , or the least weariness of each other . An happiness few parties of pleasure can boast of , Yours , with our joint love , W. C LETTER II . To the Revd . WILLIAM UNWIN , 12.
... till evening , without one cross occurrence , or the least weariness of each other . An happiness few parties of pleasure can boast of , Yours , with our joint love , W. C LETTER II . To the Revd . WILLIAM UNWIN , 12.
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... least , if not summer , in the north . For I have read that it is warmest in Greenland when it is coldest here . Be that as it may , we may hope at the latter end of such an April , that the first change of wind will improve the season ...
... least , if not summer , in the north . For I have read that it is warmest in Greenland when it is coldest here . Be that as it may , we may hope at the latter end of such an April , that the first change of wind will improve the season ...
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... least as good an epigram as some of Martial's . I remember your making an observation , when here , on the subject of Parenthesis , to which I acceded without limitation ; but a little attention will con- vince us both , that they are ...
... least as good an epigram as some of Martial's . I remember your making an observation , when here , on the subject of Parenthesis , to which I acceded without limitation ; but a little attention will con- vince us both , that they are ...
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... least sus- picion . What unlikely contingencies may neverthe- less take place ! How improbable that two ships should dash against each other , in the midst of the vast Pacific ocean , and that steering contrary courses , from parts of ...
... least sus- picion . What unlikely contingencies may neverthe- less take place ! How improbable that two ships should dash against each other , in the midst of the vast Pacific ocean , and that steering contrary courses , from parts of ...
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... least , the heroic voyager would have encompassed the globe without having had occasion to relate an incident , that so na- turally suggests it . I am no more delighted with the season than you are . The absence of the sun , which has ...
... least , the heroic voyager would have encompassed the globe without having had occasion to relate an incident , that so na- turally suggests it . I am no more delighted with the season than you are . The absence of the sun , which has ...
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Page 58 - With all her crew complete. 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. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Page 104 - What can be prettier than Gay's ballad, or rather Swift's, Arbuthnot's, Pope's, and Gay's, in the What do ye call it — " 'Twas when the seas were roaring"?
Page 58 - ... done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes.
Page 350 - On the left hand, at the further end of this superb vestibule, you will find the door of the parlour, into which I will conduct you, and where I will introduce you to Mrs. Unwin, unless we should meet her before, and where we will be as happy as the day is long.
Page 240 - ... this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer...
Page 187 - As soon as he and as many more as could find chairs were seated, he began to open the intent of his visit. I told him I had no vote, for which he readily gave me credit. I assured him I had no influence, which he was not equally inclined to believe, and the less, no doubt, because Mr Ashburner the draper addressing himself to me at this moment, informed me that I had a great deal.
Page 100 - The very stones in the garden-walls are my intimate acquaintance. I should miss almost the minutest object, and be disagreeably affected by its removal, and am persuaded that were it possible I could leave this incommodious nook for a twelvemonth, I should return to it again with rapture, and be transported with the sight of objects which...
Page 57 - 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. His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up...
Page 188 - Ashburner the draper addressing himself to me at this moment, informed me that I had a great deal. Supposing that I could not be possessed of such a treasure without knowing it, I ventured to confirm my first assertion by saying, that if I had any I was utterly at a loss to imagine where it could be, or wherein it consisted. Thus ended the conference. Mr Grenville squeezed me by the hand again, kissed the ladies, and withdrew.
Page 311 - ... you to give pleasure, but I will venture to say that you do not often give more than you gave me this morning. When I came down to breakfast, and found upon the table a Letter franked by my Uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a Letter from you, I said within myself, this is just as it should be; we are all grown young again, and the days that I thought I should see no more, are actually returned.