The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley, Том 1J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... a favorite phrafe at the time when this Epiftle was written , expreffive of being puzzled , or what , in the Spectators ' time , would have been . called bamboozled . And after many a vain essay To captivate the tempting 16 LIFE OF COWPER .
... a favorite phrafe at the time when this Epiftle was written , expreffive of being puzzled , or what , in the Spectators ' time , would have been . called bamboozled . And after many a vain essay To captivate the tempting 16 LIFE OF COWPER .
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... called on him , for the purpose of attending him to the House of Lords , acquiesced in the cruel necessity of his relinquishing the prospect of a station so severely formidable to a frame of such singular sensibility . The conflict ...
... called on him , for the purpose of attending him to the House of Lords , acquiesced in the cruel necessity of his relinquishing the prospect of a station so severely formidable to a frame of such singular sensibility . The conflict ...
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... called you know in Scripture an innu- merable Company , and an Assembly , which seems to convey the idea of society as clearly as the word itself , Human testimony weighs but little in matters of this sort , but let it have all the ...
... called you know in Scripture an innu- merable Company , and an Assembly , which seems to convey the idea of society as clearly as the word itself , Human testimony weighs but little in matters of this sort , but let it have all the ...
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... called to prayers.I need not tell you , that such a life as this is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness , accor dingly we are all happy , and dwell together in unity as brethren . Mrs. Unwin has almost a maternal affection for me ...
... called to prayers.I need not tell you , that such a life as this is consistent with the utmost cheerfulness , accor dingly we are all happy , and dwell together in unity as brethren . Mrs. Unwin has almost a maternal affection for me ...
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... called upon for that purpose ; but it has pleased God , by means which there is no need to particularize , to give me full satisfaction as to the pro- priety of declining it : indeed they who have the least idea of what I have suffered ...
... called upon for that purpose ; but it has pleased God , by means which there is no need to particularize , to give me full satisfaction as to the pro- priety of declining it : indeed they who have the least idea of what I have suffered ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate amiable amusement appears April 17 attention beautiful blessing Bodham brother character comfortable Cowper DEAR COUSIN DEAR FRIEND dearest Cousin degree delight Esqr feel friendship genius give graceful happy heart Homer honour honour of Scotland hope Huntingdon Iliad interesting John Gilpin John Johnson JOSEPH HILL kind labour Lace-makers Lady Austen Lady Hesketh least LETTER LETTER live Lodge Lord March 11 mind nature neighbours never Newton obliged occasion Olney painful Park-House peculiar perhaps pleased pleasure Poem Poet poetical poetry powers praise present prove racters Reader reason received recollect river Ouse Samuel Rose scene Scripture seems sensible sent shew spirit suppose sure talents tell tender thee thing thou thought Throckmorton tion Translation truth Unwin verse virtues Volume W. C. LETTER walk Weston WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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Страница 100 - Toll for the Brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock : She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Страница 77 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Страница xviii - 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.
Страница 76 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Страница 227 - Alas ! Sir, I have heretofore borrowed help from him, but he is a gentleman of so much reading that the people of our town cannot understand him.
Страница 195 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .
Страница 12 - He is a man of learning and good sense, and as simple as parson Adams. His wife has a very uncommon understanding, has read much to excellent purpose, and is more polite than a duchess.