The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783Fraser & Company, 1835 |
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... morning . my sixth year , yet I remember her well , and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity of the copy . I remember , too , a multitude of the maternal tendernesses which I received from her , and which have endeared her memory ...
... morning . my sixth year , yet I remember her well , and am an ocular witness of the great fidelity of the copy . I remember , too , a multitude of the maternal tendernesses which I received from her , and which have endeared her memory ...
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... morning to night , in giggling and making giggle , instead of studying the law . O fie , cousin ! how could you do so ? " Three years thus passed away in idle folly ; and though additions , by desultory reading , might be made to his ...
... morning to night , in giggling and making giggle , instead of studying the law . O fie , cousin ! how could you do so ? " Three years thus passed away in idle folly ; and though additions , by desultory reading , might be made to his ...
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... morning was clear and calm ; the sun shone bright upon the sea ; and the country was the most beautiful I had ever seen . We sat down upon an eminence , at the end of that arm of the sea which runs between Southampton and the New Forest ...
... morning was clear and calm ; the sun shone bright upon the sea ; and the country was the most beautiful I had ever seen . We sat down upon an eminence , at the end of that arm of the sea which runs between Southampton and the New Forest ...
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... morning were horrible and full of wretchedness . " Looking forward to the approaching winter , he regretted the flight of every moment which brought it nearer , " like a man borne away by a rapid torrent into a stormy sea , whence he ...
... morning were horrible and full of wretchedness . " Looking forward to the approaching winter , he regretted the flight of every moment which brought it nearer , " like a man borne away by a rapid torrent into a stormy sea , whence he ...
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... morning was to place me at the bar of the House , and I determined not to see it . I slept as usual , and awoke about three o'clock . Immediately I arose , and , by the help of a rush - light , found my pen - knife , took it into bed ...
... morning was to place me at the bar of the House , and I determined not to see it . I slept as usual , and awoke about three o'clock . Immediately I arose , and , by the help of a rush - light , found my pen - knife , took it into bed ...
Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 5 - Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Página 166 - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...
Página 8 - May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child.
Página 116 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Página 87 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright, The screws reversed, (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.
Página 263 - The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest...
Página 133 - I have been reading Gray's works, and think him the only poet since Shakespeare entitled to the character of sublime. Perhaps you will remember that I once had a different opinion of him. I was prejudiced. He did not belong to our Thursday society, and was an Eton man, which lowered him prodigiously in our esteem. I once thought Swift's letters the best that could be written ; but I like Gray's better. His humour, or his wit, or whatever it is to be called, is never ill-natured or offensive, and...
Página 30 - Ah, my dear God ! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.
Página 23 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Página 84 - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.