The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Comp. from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of Information: Containing Remarks on His Writings, and on the Peculiarities of His Interesting Character, Never Before PublishedSmith, Elder and Company, 1833 - Всего страниц: 368 |
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... verse . I am never weary of it myself , and if you would take as much pains as I do , you would not need to ask for my corrections . With the greatest indifference to fame , which you know me too well to sup- pose me capable of ...
... verse . I am never weary of it myself , and if you would take as much pains as I do , you would not need to ask for my corrections . With the greatest indifference to fame , which you know me too well to sup- pose me capable of ...
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... verse , of which she had always expressed herself to be passionately fond . Per- suaded that Cowper was able to produce , in this measure , a poem , that would eclipse anything he had hitherto written , she urged him to try his powers ...
... verse , of which she had always expressed herself to be passionately fond . Per- suaded that Cowper was able to produce , in this measure , a poem , that would eclipse anything he had hitherto written , she urged him to try his powers ...
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... verse , and may therefore in prose . But there is a difference . The search after poetical expression , the rhymes , and the numbers , are all affairs of some difficulty , they amuse indeed , but are not to be attained without study ...
... verse , and may therefore in prose . But there is a difference . The search after poetical expression , the rhymes , and the numbers , are all affairs of some difficulty , they amuse indeed , but are not to be attained without study ...
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... constantly employed . Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently , as I know by experience , having tried many . But composition , espe- cially of verse , absorbs it wholly . I write THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 153.
... constantly employed . Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently , as I know by experience , having tried many . But composition , espe- cially of verse , absorbs it wholly . I write THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 153.
Стр. 154
... verse , absorbs it wholly . I write therefore generally three hours in the morning , and in the evening I transcribe . I read also , but less than I write , for I must have bodily exercise , and therefore never pass a day without it ...
... verse , absorbs it wholly . I write therefore generally three hours in the morning , and in the evening I transcribe . I read also , but less than I write , for I must have bodily exercise , and therefore never pass a day without it ...
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