The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley. Supplementary pages, Volumen21806 |
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... perfectly agree with me in this eulogy , when I add , that to this lady we are primarily indebted for the poem of the Task , for the ballad of John Gilpin , and for the translation of Homer . But in my lively sense of her merit , I am ...
... perfectly agree with me in this eulogy , when I add , that to this lady we are primarily indebted for the poem of the Task , for the ballad of John Gilpin , and for the translation of Homer . But in my lively sense of her merit , I am ...
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... perfectly innocent , be- tween a poet and two ladies , who , with very different mental powers , had each reason to flatter herself that she could agreeably promote the studies , and animate the fancy of this fascinating bard . Genius ...
... perfectly innocent , be- tween a poet and two ladies , who , with very different mental powers , had each reason to flatter herself that she could agreeably promote the studies , and animate the fancy of this fascinating bard . Genius ...
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... perfectly well - bred , sensible , and in every respect agreeable ; and above all , because she loves your mother dearly . It has in my eyes ( and I doubt not it will have the same in yours ) . strong marks of providential interposition ...
... perfectly well - bred , sensible , and in every respect agreeable ; and above all , because she loves your mother dearly . It has in my eyes ( and I doubt not it will have the same in yours ) . strong marks of providential interposition ...
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... perfectly the man of sense , and the gen- tleman , is a question , in which I am as much inte- rested as they , and which , you being my friend , I am of course prepared to settle in your favour . The la- dy ( whom , when you know her ...
... perfectly the man of sense , and the gen- tleman , is a question , in which I am as much inte- rested as they , and which , you being my friend , I am of course prepared to settle in your favour . The la- dy ( whom , when you know her ...
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... perfectly indifferent to the judgment of all , except the few who are indeed judicious . The circumstance however in your Letter which pleased me most , was , that you wrote in high spirits , and though you said much , suppressed more ...
... perfectly indifferent to the judgment of all , except the few who are indeed judicious . The circumstance however in your Letter which pleased me most , was , that you wrote in high spirits , and though you said much , suppressed more ...
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acquaintance Adieu admire affectionate agreeable amuse answer appear beautiful believe blank verse called Captain Cook cause comfort connexion Cowper DEAR FRIEND DEAR WILLIAM dearest Cousin delight doubt equally Esqr esteem expence expression favour feel finished friendship Gentleman's Magazine give glad grace happy hear heard heart Homer honour hope Iliad John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL Lady Austen Lady HESKETH laugh least less live matter mean ment mind nature neighbours never obliged occasion Olney opinion perfectly perhaps Pict pleased pleasure poem poet poetical portunity possible present prove racter reason received rejoice respect Revd scripture seems sensible sent serve soon spirits suppose sure taste tell thank ther thing thought Throckmorton tion told translation truth verse volume W. C. LETTER whole WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write wrote
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Página 58 - With all her crew complete. 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. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 104 - What can be prettier than Gay's ballad, or rather Swift's, Arbuthnot's, Pope's, and Gay's, in the What do ye call it — " 'Twas when the seas were roaring"?
Página 58 - ... done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up, Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes.
Página 350 - On the left hand, at the further end of this superb vestibule, you will find the door of the parlour, into which I will conduct you, and where I will introduce you to Mrs. Unwin, unless we should meet her before, and where we will be as happy as the day is long.
Página 240 - ... this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ; but I know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying of an ass. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping a goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the parlour for the sake of his melody, but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer...
Página 187 - As soon as he and as many more as could find chairs were seated, he began to open the intent of his visit. I told him I had no vote, for which he readily gave me credit. I assured him I had no influence, which he was not equally inclined to believe, and the less, no doubt, because Mr Ashburner the draper addressing himself to me at this moment, informed me that I had a great deal.
Página 100 - The very stones in the garden-walls are my intimate acquaintance. I should miss almost the minutest object, and be disagreeably affected by its removal, and am persuaded that were it possible I could leave this incommodious nook for a twelvemonth, I should return to it again with rapture, and be transported with the sight of objects which...
Página 57 - 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. His sword was in its sheath; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men. Weigh the vessel up...
Página 188 - Ashburner the draper addressing himself to me at this moment, informed me that I had a great deal. Supposing that I could not be possessed of such a treasure without knowing it, I ventured to confirm my first assertion by saying, that if I had any I was utterly at a loss to imagine where it could be, or wherein it consisted. Thus ended the conference. Mr Grenville squeezed me by the hand again, kissed the ladies, and withdrew.
Página 311 - ... you to give pleasure, but I will venture to say that you do not often give more than you gave me this morning. When I came down to breakfast, and found upon the table a Letter franked by my Uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a Letter from you, I said within myself, this is just as it should be; we are all grown young again, and the days that I thought I should see no more, are actually returned.