The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783Fraser & Company, 1835 |
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Pagina 213
William Cowper. " DEAR SIR , - TO WILLIAM COWPER , ESQ . " EARTHAM , NEAR CHICHESTER , February 7 , 1792 . I have often been tempted by affectionate admiration of your poetry to trouble you with a letter ; but I have repeatedly checked ...
William Cowper. " DEAR SIR , - TO WILLIAM COWPER , ESQ . " EARTHAM , NEAR CHICHESTER , February 7 , 1792 . I have often been tempted by affectionate admiration of your poetry to trouble you with a letter ; but I have repeatedly checked ...
Pagina 216
... Eartham in the ensuing autumn . As to myself , I feel I have now found the thing I most wanted , -a congenial poetical spirit willing to join with me in the most social and friendly cultivation of an art dear to us both , and ...
... Eartham in the ensuing autumn . As to myself , I feel I have now found the thing I most wanted , -a congenial poetical spirit willing to join with me in the most social and friendly cultivation of an art dear to us both , and ...
Pagina 217
... Eartham , near Chichester , in the course of that season . The interval passed watching over his helpless charge , and the anxieties incident to the journey , are described by Cowper in his letters with a minuteness and feeling which ...
... Eartham , near Chichester , in the course of that season . The interval passed watching over his helpless charge , and the anxieties incident to the journey , are described by Cowper in his letters with a minuteness and feeling which ...
Pagina 218
... EARTHAM , August 12 , 1792 . " My dear brother bard of Buckinghamshire has accomplished his kind idea ; and after being rooted to his own cell for twenty years , he has made a marvellous effort , that has asto- nished all his ...
... EARTHAM , August 12 , 1792 . " My dear brother bard of Buckinghamshire has accomplished his kind idea ; and after being rooted to his own cell for twenty years , he has made a marvellous effort , that has asto- nished all his ...
Pagina 219
... Eartham Hill . In these excursions , Mrs Unwin always formed one , being wheeled along the walks in a garden chair , by Hayley's son , then a promising boy of twelve , and a youth about two years older , whom Hayley had brought from ...
... Eartham Hill . In these excursions , Mrs Unwin always formed one , being wheeled along the walks in a garden chair , by Hayley's son , then a promising boy of twelve , and a youth about two years older , whom Hayley had brought from ...
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acquaintance admire affection affectionate affliction afterwards agreeable amusement appears believe blessing character cheerful Christian circumstances comfort commencement Cowper dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death distress Dr Johnson duty Eartham East Dereham edition faith favour feelings friendship genius give grace happy Hayley Hayley's heart Heaven Homer honour hope Huntingdon Iliad JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL labours Lady Austen Lady Hesketh laudanum least letter literary live Lord Martin Madan melancholy mercy Milton mind morning Narrative nature never Newport Pagnell Newton occasion oculist Olney Olney Hymns pain pleased pleasure poems poet poet's praise prayer present Private Correspondence prove reason religion religious religious conversation remark render Scripture seems sensible shew sorrow spirit St Albans St Mary Woolnoth thee thing thou thought tion translation truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne Westminster Weston WILLIAM COWPER wish write youth
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