The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... poor Cowper shrank from the trial ; and , after a most painful struggle , which affected the sanity of his mind , he relinquished his place , and , with it , his last hope of worldly affluence . The state of disordered intellect , into ...
... poor Cowper shrank from the trial ; and , after a most painful struggle , which affected the sanity of his mind , he relinquished his place , and , with it , his last hope of worldly affluence . The state of disordered intellect , into ...
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... poor Cowper's disease increased in intensity , and baffled all the exertions of his friends for its mitigation . By the interest of Earl Spencer , importuned and urged into effect by the friendly Hayley , our suffering author now became ...
... poor Cowper's disease increased in intensity , and baffled all the exertions of his friends for its mitigation . By the interest of Earl Spencer , importuned and urged into effect by the friendly Hayley , our suffering author now became ...
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... their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs , TABLE TALK . 25.
... their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All kingship ; and may I be poor and free ! To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs , TABLE TALK . 25.
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... Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once ...
... Poor England ! thou art a devoted deer , Beset with every ill but that of fear . Thee nations hunt ; all mark thee for a prey ; They swarm around thee , and thou stand'st at bay . Undaunted still , though wearied and perplex'd , Once ...
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... poor grasshopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread little wings , and rather skip than fly : Perch'd on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the ...
... poor grasshopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread little wings , and rather skip than fly : Perch'd on the meagre produce of the land , An ell or two of prospect we command ; But never peep beyond the ...
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