The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley. Supplementary pages, Volume 11806 |
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... mean the danger of being led , in writing as the biographer of my friend , to speak infi- nitely too much of myself . To avoid the offensive failing of egotism , I had resolved at first to make no inconsiderable sacrifice ; and to ...
... mean the danger of being led , in writing as the biographer of my friend , to speak infi- nitely too much of myself . To avoid the offensive failing of egotism , I had resolved at first to make no inconsiderable sacrifice ; and to ...
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... mean , is expressed in the final verse of an epitaph , which the hand of friendship inscribed to your excellent relation : 66 His virtues förmed the magic of his song . " May the affectionate zeal , with which I have endeavoured 18 ...
... mean , is expressed in the final verse of an epitaph , which the hand of friendship inscribed to your excellent relation : 66 His virtues förmed the magic of his song . " May the affectionate zeal , with which I have endeavoured 18 ...
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... mean artifice , contrived the first clandestine appearance of his own Letters . Had he previously wished to print them , he might have pleaded the precedent of Howel's Letters , a popular book of our own country , and of merit suf ...
... mean artifice , contrived the first clandestine appearance of his own Letters . Had he previously wished to print them , he might have pleaded the precedent of Howel's Letters , a popular book of our own country , and of merit suf ...
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... means advise any writer to publish his own Letters , in his life time : - " Nulli ve- lim autor esse , ut ipse vivus edat . " The mild Erasmus confesses he wanted courage himself , for such a display of his talents ; and declares , he ...
... means advise any writer to publish his own Letters , in his life time : - " Nulli ve- lim autor esse , ut ipse vivus edat . " The mild Erasmus confesses he wanted courage himself , for such a display of his talents ; and declares , he ...
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... means so gracefully writ- ten , as that of the friendly physician , a man equally distinguish- ed by the moral gaiety of his life , and by his serene preparation for death - a man so happily free from all flagrant misconduct , that his ...
... means so gracefully writ- ten , as that of the friendly physician , a man equally distinguish- ed by the moral gaiety of his life , and by his serene preparation for death - a man so happily free from all flagrant misconduct , that his ...
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Page 239 - 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. Then shifting his side, as a lawyer knows how, He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes, But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but, — That whenever the Nose put...
Page xlv - 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...
Page 238 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle, As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Design'd to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Page xlv - Tis now become a history little known That once we called the pastoral house our own Short-lived possession! but the record fair That memory keeps, of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 92 - 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?
Page 294 - To make verse speak the language of prose, without being prosaic, to marshal the words of it in such an order as they might naturally take in falling from the lips of an extemporary speaker, yet without meanness, harmoniously, elegantly, and without seeming to displace a syllable for the sake of the rhyme, is one of the most arduous tasks a poet can undertake. He that could accomplish this task was Prior : many have imitated his excellence in this particular, but the best copies have fallen far short...
Page 104 - At night we read, and converse, as before, till supper, and commonly finish the evening either with hymns, or a sermon, and last of all the family are called to prayers.
Page 272 - 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...
Page 103 - ... after dinner, but if the weather permits adjourn to the garden, where with Mrs. Unwin and her son I have generally the pleasure of religious conversation till tea-time. If it rains, or is too windy for walking, we either converse within doors, or sing some hymns of Martin's collection, and by the help of Mrs.
Page 212 - OS have nothing to say — This seems equally a good reason why I should not — Yet if you had alighted from your horse at our door this morning, and at this present writing, being five o'clock in the afternoon, had found occasion to say to me " Mr. Cowper, you " have not spoke since I came in, have you resolved '•