The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of Information; Containing Remarks on His Writings, and on the Peculiarities of His Interesting Character, Never Before Published1834 - Всего страниц: 288 |
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... finish the evening either with hymns , or with a sermon ; and last of all , the family are called to prayers . I need not tell you that such a life as this is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness ; accordingly , we are all happy ...
... finish the evening either with hymns , or with a sermon ; and last of all , the family are called to prayers . I need not tell you that such a life as this is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness ; accordingly , we are all happy ...
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... finished , and pol- ished , and touched and retouched , with the utmost care . Whatever faults I may be chargeable with as a poet , I can- not accuse myself of negligence : I never suffer a 98 THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
... finished , and pol- ished , and touched and retouched , with the utmost care . Whatever faults I may be chargeable with as a poet , I can- not accuse myself of negligence : I never suffer a 98 THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
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... finished , will be both smarter and more commodious than our present abode . But the circumstance that recommends it chiefly is its situa- tion . Long confinement in the winter , and indeed , for the most part in the autumn too , has ...
... finished , will be both smarter and more commodious than our present abode . But the circumstance that recommends it chiefly is its situa- tion . Long confinement in the winter , and indeed , for the most part in the autumn too , has ...
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... finished the Task , and sent away the last sheet corrected , I was through necessity idle , and suffered not a little in my spirits for being so . One day , being in such distress of mind as was hardly supportable , I took up the Iliad ...
... finished the Task , and sent away the last sheet corrected , I was through necessity idle , and suffered not a little in my spirits for being so . One day , being in such distress of mind as was hardly supportable , I took up the Iliad ...
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... finishing that the most scrupulous accuracy can command . As soon as breakfast is over I retire to my nutshell of a summer - house , which is my verse manufactory , and here I abide seldom less than three hours , and not often more . In ...
... finishing that the most scrupulous accuracy can command . As soon as breakfast is over I retire to my nutshell of a summer - house , which is my verse manufactory , and here I abide seldom less than three hours , and not often more . In ...
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