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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... perhaps benefited , by dis- covering its kindred to such piety , such purity , and such talents as his . " Very little is known of the habits and disposition of Cow- per's mother . From the following epitaph , however , in- scribed on a ...
... perhaps benefited , by dis- covering its kindred to such piety , such purity , and such talents as his . " Very little is known of the habits and disposition of Cow- per's mother . From the following epitaph , however , in- scribed on a ...
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... Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss : Perhaps a tear , if souls can weep in bliss ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day , I saw the hearse that bore thee far away , And , turning from my nursery - window , drew A long ...
... Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss : Perhaps a tear , if souls can weep in bliss ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day , I saw the hearse that bore thee far away , And , turning from my nursery - window , drew A long ...
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... perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a gallant bark from Albion's coast ...
... perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a gallant bark from Albion's coast ...
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... perhaps impossible , to have selected one more unsuitable to the mind of Cowper than that of the law . As Mr. Hayley justly ob- serves , " the law is a kind of soldiership , and , like the pro- fession of arms , it may be said to ...
... perhaps impossible , to have selected one more unsuitable to the mind of Cowper than that of the law . As Mr. Hayley justly ob- serves , " the law is a kind of soldiership , and , like the pro- fession of arms , it may be said to ...
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... perhaps , a man in health , with a head turned to business , might have gained all the information wanted . But it was not so with me . I read without perception , and was so distressed , that had every clerk in the office been my ...
... perhaps , a man in health , with a head turned to business , might have gained all the information wanted . But it was not so with me . I read without perception , and was so distressed , that had every clerk in the office been my ...
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acquaintance adverts affection affectionate affliction afford agreeable amiable amusement anxiety appear attention beautiful believe blank verse blessing brother cheerful Christ Christian comfort correspondence Countess Spencer Cowper dear cousin death degree delightful depressive malady despair distress divine Eartham employed engaged esteemed expected faith feel felt following extracts Frederick of Bohemia friendship give gloomy gospel grace happy Hayley Hayley's heart hope Huntingdon Iliad interesting John Throckmorton Johnson kind labor Lady Hesketh least less letter live manner means melan melancholy mercy Milton mind Mundesley never Newton occasion Olney painful Paradise Lost perfect stranger perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry prayer present prove reason received recovery religion respecting rienced scene scripture seemed spirits suffered sure tender thee things thought tion translation of Homer truth Unwin verse Weston WILLIAM COWPER wish write