The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Том 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... pre- sent not only a labourer in verse , but in prose also , having been requested by a friend , to whom I could not refuse it , to translate for him a series of Latin letters received from a Dutch minister of the Ixxii MEMOIR OF COWPER .
... pre- sent not only a labourer in verse , but in prose also , having been requested by a friend , to whom I could not refuse it , to translate for him a series of Latin letters received from a Dutch minister of the Ixxii MEMOIR OF COWPER .
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William Cowper. of Latin letters received from a Dutch minister of the gospel at the Cape of Good Hope . With this additional occupation you will be sensible that my hands are full ; and it is a truth that , except to yourself , I would ...
William Cowper. of Latin letters received from a Dutch minister of the gospel at the Cape of Good Hope . With this additional occupation you will be sensible that my hands are full ; and it is a truth that , except to yourself , I would ...
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... received with the warmest regard , but his reception is best described in his own words , because they afford a graphic idea of Cowper's home : " Our meeting , so singularly produced , was a source of reciprocal delight . We looked ...
... received with the warmest regard , but his reception is best described in his own words , because they afford a graphic idea of Cowper's home : " Our meeting , so singularly produced , was a source of reciprocal delight . We looked ...
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... received from this migration . As to that gloominess of mind which I have had these twenty years , it cleaves to me even here ; and could I be translated to Paradise , unless I left my body behind me , would cleave to me even there also ...
... received from this migration . As to that gloominess of mind which I have had these twenty years , it cleaves to me even here ; and could I be translated to Paradise , unless I left my body behind me , would cleave to me even there also ...
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... received such deep and unalterable impressions in his maturer years . His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the oper- ations of the skilful and humane surgeon , who wounds only to heal ) dictated by a just regard ...
... received such deep and unalterable impressions in his maturer years . His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the oper- ations of the skilful and humane surgeon , who wounds only to heal ) dictated by a just regard ...
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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.