The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Том 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... turning many to the truth in a private way , and hope that my endea- vours in this way have not been entirely unsuc- cessful . Had I the zeal of Moses , I should want an Aaron to be my spokesman . " The happiness of the family with ...
... turning many to the truth in a private way , and hope that my endea- vours in this way have not been entirely unsuc- cessful . Had I the zeal of Moses , I should want an Aaron to be my spokesman . " The happiness of the family with ...
Стр. xl
... turn too upon spiritual subjects , but the tallest fellow , and the loudest amongst them all , is he who is continually crying , with a loud voice , Actum est de te , periisti . You wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation ...
... turn too upon spiritual subjects , but the tallest fellow , and the loudest amongst them all , is he who is continually crying , with a loud voice , Actum est de te , periisti . You wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation ...
Стр. lvii
... turn to daylight , if I am indeed returning , is lei- surely enough . " A description of the place in which the greater part of the works of a favourite author were com- posed is interesting : " I write in a nook that I call my Boudoir ...
... turn to daylight , if I am indeed returning , is lei- surely enough . " A description of the place in which the greater part of the works of a favourite author were com- posed is interesting : " I write in a nook that I call my Boudoir ...
Стр. lxvii
... turn for your favours . Tables , such as they were , and joint - stools such as never were , might have travelled to Perton - hall in most inconvenient abundance . But I have long since discontinued this practice , and many others which ...
... turn for your favours . Tables , such as they were , and joint - stools such as never were , might have travelled to Perton - hall in most inconvenient abundance . But I have long since discontinued this practice , and many others which ...
Стр. xciii
... turn of his temper inclining him to rural life , he indulged it , and the providence of God evidently preparing his way and marking out his retreat , he retired into the country . By these steps the good hand of God , unknown to me ...
... turn of his temper inclining him to rural life , he indulged it , and the providence of God evidently preparing his way and marking out his retreat , he retired into the country . By these steps the good hand of God , unknown to me ...
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Стр. 205 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Стр. 256 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Стр. 243 - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
Стр. 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Стр. 208 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Стр. xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Стр. 246 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Стр. 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Стр. 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Стр. xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.