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 PublishedKey & Biddle, 1833 - 277 страница |
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... wish of the author to state , that he makes no pretensions to originality in this memoir . He wishes it to be regarded only as a compilation ; and all the merit , he claims for it , if , indeed , it has any , is for the arrangement of ...
... wish of the author to state , that he makes no pretensions to originality in this memoir . He wishes it to be regarded only as a compilation ; and all the merit , he claims for it , if , indeed , it has any , is for the arrangement of ...
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... wish bring them , would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart , the dear delight Seems so to be desired , perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ...
... wish bring them , would I wish them here ? I would not trust my heart , the dear delight Seems so to be desired , perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ...
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... wish for the decision of this im- portant question ; for I foolishly thought that obedience would follow , were I but convinced that it was worth while to attend to it . Having no reason to expect a miracle , and not hoping to be ...
... wish for the decision of this im- portant question ; for I foolishly thought that obedience would follow , were I but convinced that it was worth while to attend to it . Having no reason to expect a miracle , and not hoping to be ...
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... wish for now . He could see nothing before him but difficulties perfectly insurmountable . The supposed ruined state of his pecuniary circumstances the imagined contempt of his relations and acquaintance - and the appre- hended ...
... wish for now . He could see nothing before him but difficulties perfectly insurmountable . The supposed ruined state of his pecuniary circumstances the imagined contempt of his relations and acquaintance - and the appre- hended ...
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... only reply to his friend's remarks , in a brief but very sincere petition , " Most earnestly do I wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother , perceiving he had received some benefit from THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 21.
... only reply to his friend's remarks , in a brief but very sincere petition , " Most earnestly do I wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother , perceiving he had received some benefit from THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 21.
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Страница 259 - But He, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That, hard by nature and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Call'd for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go spend them in the vale of tears.
Страница 269 - Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.