The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, 第 1 巻J. Seagrave, 1806 |
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... both to the living and the dead have suggested . Those who feel the charm of Cowper's epis- tolary language , will be pleased to find several new Letters , both serious and sportive . There is a passage in one DESULTORY REMARKS .
... both to the living and the dead have suggested . Those who feel the charm of Cowper's epis- tolary language , will be pleased to find several new Letters , both serious and sportive . There is a passage in one DESULTORY REMARKS .
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... language , of which he was particu- larly fond , and which he wrote with great facility and elegance . These Letters have been all destroyed . But it may gratify the rela tions and friends of Mr. Rowley to observe , that Cowper has spo ...
... language , of which he was particu- larly fond , and which he wrote with great facility and elegance . These Letters have been all destroyed . But it may gratify the rela tions and friends of Mr. Rowley to observe , that Cowper has spo ...
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... language , we may observe , that the Letter of Sir Philip Sidney to his sis- ter Lady Pembroke , prefixed , as a dedication to his Arcadia , is distinguished by tender elegance , and graceful affection . The Letters of Essex , the idol ...
... language , we may observe , that the Letter of Sir Philip Sidney to his sis- ter Lady Pembroke , prefixed , as a dedication to his Arcadia , is distinguished by tender elegance , and graceful affection . The Letters of Essex , the idol ...
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... which so wonderfully excited the wrath of Lady Mary , is a dis- grace to the poet , from the insufferable indelicacy of its language . But that he asserted an absolute falshood , concerning his DESULTORY REMARKS . XI.
... which so wonderfully excited the wrath of Lady Mary , is a dis- grace to the poet , from the insufferable indelicacy of its language . But that he asserted an absolute falshood , concerning his DESULTORY REMARKS . XI.
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... lacerated by the shafts of eloquence , sharpened by indignation . The triumph of Pope was indeed as complete as language could render it . But triumphs of this nature deserve perhaps to be considered rather xii DESULTORY REMARKS .
... lacerated by the shafts of eloquence , sharpened by indignation . The triumph of Pope was indeed as complete as language could render it . But triumphs of this nature deserve perhaps to be considered rather xii DESULTORY REMARKS .
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afford amiable amuse appears Atossa believe benevolent Bishop of Galloway blessing Brother celebrated censure character Christian correspondence Cowper dear Cousin DEAR FRIEND delight display divine English Epistles epistolary Esqr esteem expression favour feel friendship give grace happy heart honour hope Huntingdon interesting JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour Lady HESKETH language least live Lord Lord Hervey Lord Peterborough mean ment mercy mind mother nature never obliged observe occasion Olney peculiar perhaps person Phalaris pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powerful praise present racter reader reason received recollect religious remarkable remember respect Revd Sappho Scripture seems sentiments speak spect spirit suppose sure talents temper tender thank thee Themistius thing thou thought Tibullus tion truth verse virtues volume W. C. LETTER William Cowper WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write written wrote young
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16 ページ - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
xlv ページ - 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...
xlv ページ - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age...
90 ページ - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
102 ページ - ... within doors or sing some hymns of Martin's collection, and by the help of Mrs. Unwin's harpsichord make up a tolerable concert in which our hearts, I hope, are the best and most musical performers. After tea we sally forth to walk in good earnest. Mrs. Unwin is a good walker, and we have generally travelled about four miles before we see home again.
237 ページ - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
184 ページ - SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; • With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes.
54 ページ - ... built as upon a rock : the fall of man, the redemption of man, and the resurrection of man, the three cardinal articles of our religion, are such as human ingenuity could never have invented, therefore they must be divine; the other argument is this. If the prophecies have been fulfilled (of which there is abundant demonstration) the Scripture must be the word of God, and if the Scripture is the word of God, Christianity must be true.
270 ページ - I have writ Charity, not for popularity, but as well as I could, in hopes to do good ; and if the reviewer should say, " To be sure, the gentleman's muse, wears Methodist shoes ; you may know by her pace, and talk about grace, that she and her bard have little regard, for the taste and fashions, and ruling passions, and...
288 ページ - With the unwearied application of a plodding Flemish painter, who draws a shrimp with the most minute exactness, he had all the genius of one of the first masters. Never, I believe, were such talents and such drudgery united.