Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of CowperR. Carter & brothers, 1856 - 415 páginas |
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... seemed suddenly in gloom . Like Dante's guide , who could lead the way through hell and purgatory , but was not sufficient for the mysteries of heaven , a mind ever so cultivated and poetical may be unable to behold the things of the ...
... seemed suddenly in gloom . Like Dante's guide , who could lead the way through hell and purgatory , but was not sufficient for the mysteries of heaven , a mind ever so cultivated and poetical may be unable to behold the things of the ...
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... the Temple , and to his gay and irreligious life , they would have thought him perfectly cured . But it was as if some magician had come forth from a prison in the shape of an INTRODUCTION . xi angel , and it seemed a trick.
... the Temple , and to his gay and irreligious life , they would have thought him perfectly cured . But it was as if some magician had come forth from a prison in the shape of an INTRODUCTION . xi angel , and it seemed a trick.
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George Barrell Cheever. INTRODUCTION . xi angel , and it seemed a trick of legerdemain or madness . They thought it but a change in the same tragedy , the more especially as madness has its passages from tragedy to comedy , and from ...
George Barrell Cheever. INTRODUCTION . xi angel , and it seemed a trick of legerdemain or madness . They thought it but a change in the same tragedy , the more especially as madness has its passages from tragedy to comedy , and from ...
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... seemed the only separation between him and death . Oh the power of a mother's love and prayers ! Short , indeed , was the opportunity granted to Cowper's mother to manifest her tenderness and care . Yet that opportunity was the time of ...
... seemed the only separation between him and death . Oh the power of a mother's love and prayers ! Short , indeed , was the opportunity granted to Cowper's mother to manifest her tenderness and care . Yet that opportunity was the time of ...
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... seemed part of the intuitive elements of his genius ; it was not formed by his classical discipline at Westminster , but grew , as an apple - blossom grows out of life , by the law of life ; for Cowper has stated in his let- ters some ...
... seemed part of the intuitive elements of his genius ; it was not formed by his classical discipline at Westminster , but grew , as an apple - blossom grows out of life , by the law of life ; for Cowper has stated in his let- ters some ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable affectionate affliction afterward beautiful Bishop Butler blessed 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 Lord 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 says 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.