Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of CowperR. Carter & brothers, 1856 - 415 páginas |
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... admirable judge of English schools in his day , Mr De Quincey , has expressed the opinion that Cowper was far from doing justice to the great public schools of the king- dom in his " Tirocinium , " or review of the school - discip- line ...
... admirable judge of English schools in his day , Mr De Quincey , has expressed the opinion that Cowper was far from doing justice to the great public schools of the king- dom in his " Tirocinium , " or review of the school - discip- line ...
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... admirable poem . The reader of it , knowing that Cowper drew his description from reality , and that he did not exaggerate nor set down anything in malice , cannot wonder at the feelings of the poet , nor at his calling the public ...
... admirable poem . The reader of it , knowing that Cowper drew his description from reality , and that he did not exaggerate nor set down anything in malice , cannot wonder at the feelings of the poet , nor at his calling the public ...
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... admirable native characteristics of the future poet of " The Task . " At the age of eighteen , Cowper himself says that he left Westminster , a good grammarian , but as ignorant of reli- gion as the satchel at his back . He then spent ...
... admirable native characteristics of the future poet of " The Task . " At the age of eighteen , Cowper himself says that he left Westminster , a good grammarian , but as ignorant of reli- gion as the satchel at his back . He then spent ...
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... darkness of his mental shade , nothing could be more admirably adapted to his case than the instruction so conveyed . Lady Huntingdon at one time sent to Dr Cotton the c 34 66 GOSPEL MYSTERY . religious work of Marshall ,
... darkness of his mental shade , nothing could be more admirably adapted to his case than the instruction so conveyed . Lady Huntingdon at one time sent to Dr Cotton the c 34 66 GOSPEL MYSTERY . religious work of Marshall ,
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... admiration of the providence and grace of God in the lives and religious experience of those personages , is surprising indeed . Cowper's pointed and severe description of the spirit that characterised the multitude in his age is appli ...
... admiration of the providence and grace of God in the lives and religious experience of those personages , is surprising indeed . Cowper's pointed and severe description of the spirit that characterised the multitude in his age is appli ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable affectionate affliction afterward beautiful Bishop Butler blessed character CHILDHOOD OF COWPER Christ Christian Church Church of England communion COWPER'S BROTHER darkness dear death deep Deism deists delightful delusion despair distress Divine grace Dr Cotton dreadful dream enjoyment eternal experience exquisite faith feelings genius gloom glory God's gospel habits happy Hayley heart heaven heavenly holy hope insanity intimate Jesus John Gilpin John Newton knew Lady Austen Lady Hesketh Lady Huntingdon LETTERS TO NEWTON light lived Lord Bolingbroke Madan madness malady Martin Madan melancholy mental mercy misery nature ness never OLNEY HYMNS once passed peace period piety poem poet poetry prayer preaching PUBLIC SCHOOLS reason regard religion religious RELIGIOUS CONVERSATION rience Saviour seemed shew sorrow soul Southey spirit St Albans suffered sweet tenderness thee things thou thought tion truth Unwin verse Wesley Westminster Westminster School Whitefield whole wonder Word write wrote
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Página 247 - Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile;) Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one 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!
Página 48 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry , but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.
Página 324 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect. unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 246 - A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Página 95 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Página 245 - Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, 0 welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who bidst me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own ; And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 295 - It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Página 246 - May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child.
Página 306 - THE twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah would that this might be the last! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow — 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary...
Página 211 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.