The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With a Memoir ...Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1854 |
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... Nature , as by virtue form'd To polish , to instruct , improve thy age : To give to Poetry a sacred charm Unfelt before , and in one hallow'd theme , To blend the Seraph's with the Poet's fire ! TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF COWPER . WILLIAM ...
... Nature , as by virtue form'd To polish , to instruct , improve thy age : To give to Poetry a sacred charm Unfelt before , and in one hallow'd theme , To blend the Seraph's with the Poet's fire ! TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF COWPER . WILLIAM ...
Стр. x
... nature had entirely disqualified him . Diffident , bashful , and soli- citous to avoid observation , he was expected to rise in a profession requiring immediately oppo- site qualities . He left the solicitor's office in his twenty ...
... nature had entirely disqualified him . Diffident , bashful , and soli- citous to avoid observation , he was expected to rise in a profession requiring immediately oppo- site qualities . He left the solicitor's office in his twenty ...
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... nature , facts as anomalous as many others , in re- lation to his physical and mental constitution . His correspondence , in the years 1782 and 1783 , treated chiefly of religious topics and politics , and contains comparatively few ...
... nature , facts as anomalous as many others , in re- lation to his physical and mental constitution . His correspondence , in the years 1782 and 1783 , treated chiefly of religious topics and politics , and contains comparatively few ...
Стр. lxvii
... production either of art or nature . But before the year was ended , I nad occasion to wonder at the progress that may be made , in despite of natural deficiency , by dint alone of practice ; for I actually produced MEMOIR OF COWPER .
... production either of art or nature . But before the year was ended , I nad occasion to wonder at the progress that may be made , in despite of natural deficiency , by dint alone of practice ; for I actually produced MEMOIR OF COWPER .
Стр. lxxxii
... nature present a spectacle more truly pitiable than imbecility in such a shape , eagerly grasping for dominion , which it knows not either how to retain , or how to relinquish . ” In January , 1794 , Cowper told a friend , " I have just ...
... nature present a spectacle more truly pitiable than imbecility in such a shape , eagerly grasping for dominion , which it knows not either how to retain , or how to relinquish . ” In January , 1794 , Cowper told a friend , " I have just ...
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