The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr, Том 1Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert Johnson [Benjamin Johnson, printer], 1805 |
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... honour to the dead , but to alleviate the re- gret of a nation taking a just and liberal pride in the reputation of a poet , who had obtained and deserved her applause , her esteem , her affection . If this laud . able wish was very ...
... honour to the dead , but to alleviate the re- gret of a nation taking a just and liberal pride in the reputation of a poet , who had obtained and deserved her applause , her esteem , her affection . If this laud . able wish was very ...
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... other memorialist could pos- sess in an equal degree . For the interest of literature , and for the honour of many poets , whose memories have suffered from some biographers of a very different description iv INTRODUCTORY LETTER .
... other memorialist could pos- sess in an equal degree . For the interest of literature , and for the honour of many poets , whose memories have suffered from some biographers of a very different description iv INTRODUCTORY LETTER .
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... honour of Scotland , that her national enthusiasm has , for some years , been very laudably exerted in cherish- ing ... honoured me , as one of his most confidential friends , led her to re- quest that she might assign to me that arduous ...
... honour of Scotland , that her national enthusiasm has , for some years , been very laudably exerted in cherish- ing ... honoured me , as one of his most confidential friends , led her to re- quest that she might assign to me that arduous ...
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... honours ap- pear to be eclipsed by a splendour more forcible and extensive . Great poets , my Lord , and that I may speak of them as they deserve , let me say , in the words of Horace , Primum me illorum , dederim quibus esse Poetas ...
... honours ap- pear to be eclipsed by a splendour more forcible and extensive . Great poets , my Lord , and that I may speak of them as they deserve , let me say , in the words of Horace , Primum me illorum , dederim quibus esse Poetas ...
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... honour ; and perhaps of her many admi- rable poets , not one has touched her foibles , and cele- brated her perfections , with a spirit so truly filial.— But I perceive that I am in danger of going far beyond my design in this ...
... honour ; and perhaps of her many admi- rable poets , not one has touched her foibles , and cele- brated her perfections , with a spirit so truly filial.— But I perceive that I am in danger of going far beyond my design in this ...
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