The Life and Letters of William Cowper: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers |
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... language , had the gra tification of finding several new letters , both serious and sportive . There is a passage in one of these , in which the author displays his moralizing disposition , with peculiar felicity . Perhaps that rich and ...
... language , had the gra tification of finding several new letters , both serious and sportive . There is a passage in one of these , in which the author displays his moralizing disposition , with peculiar felicity . Perhaps that rich and ...
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... language of which he was particularly fond , and which he wrote with great facility and elegance , These letters have been all destroyed . But it may gratify the relations and friends of Mr. Rowley , to observe , that Cowper has spoken ...
... language of which he was particularly fond , and which he wrote with great facility and elegance , These letters have been all destroyed . But it may gratify the relations and friends of Mr. Rowley , to observe , that Cowper has spoken ...
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... language , we may observe , that the letter of Sir Philip Sidney to his sister Lady Pembroke , prefix- ed , as a dedication , to his Arcadia , is distinguished- by tender elegance and graceful affection . The , let- ters of Essex , the ...
... language , we may observe , that the letter of Sir Philip Sidney to his sister Lady Pembroke , prefix- ed , as a dedication , to his Arcadia , is distinguished- by tender elegance and graceful affection . The , let- ters of Essex , the ...
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... language , and in vivacity of description . But in the highest charm of epistolary writing , that of gracefully display- ing , without disguise or reserve , a most amia- ble character ; and exciting , by that display , a tender and ...
... language , and in vivacity of description . But in the highest charm of epistolary writing , that of gracefully display- ing , without disguise or reserve , a most amia- ble character ; and exciting , by that display , a tender and ...
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... language can express : " In regard to the Right Honorable Lady , your Lordship's friend , I was far from designing a person of her condition , by a name so derogatory to her as that of Sappho , a name prostituted to every in- famous ...
... language can express : " In regard to the Right Honorable Lady , your Lordship's friend , I was far from designing a person of her condition , by a name so derogatory to her as that of Sappho , a name prostituted to every in- famous ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afford amiable amusement appears believe Bishop of Galloway blessing censure character Christian composition correspondence Cowper dear Cousin DEAR FRIEND delight Demetrius Phalereus deserve desire display divine endeavoured English epistle epistolary esteem express faith feel friendship give grace happy heart honor hope Huntingdon interest JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour Lady HESKETH language least live Lord Lord Hervey mean mercy mind mother nature never obliged occasion Olney peculiar perhaps person Phalaris pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powerful praise present reader reason received recollect religious remarkable remember Sappho Scripture seems sentiments shew spirit suppose sure talents temper tender thank thee Themistius thing thought Tibullus tion truth verse virtues volume W. C. LETTER William Cowper WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write written wrote young
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Page 166 - 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 ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 78 - Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor; And where the gardener Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, 'Tis now become a history little known That once we called the pastoral house our own Short-lived possession!
Page 79 - 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. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Page 103 - Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks > Sermons' in. stones, and good in every thing.
Page 178 - ... 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. When the days are short, we make this excursion in the former part of the day, between churchtime and dinner.
Page 291 - ... the following account. That soon after he began to run, he left Tom behind him, and came in sight of a most numerous hunt of men, women, children, and dogs; that he did his best to keep back the dogs, and presently outstripped...
Page 107 - 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.
Page 366 - I admire Dryden most, who has succeeded by mere dint of genius, and in spite of a laziness and carelessness almost peculiar to himself. His faults are numberless, but so are his beauties.
Page 288 - ... does, having once set out, never to stop till we reach the appointed end. If a man may talk without thinking, why may he not write upon the same terms? A grave gentleman of the last century, a tie-wig, square-toe, Steinkirk figure, would say - 'My good sir, a man has no right to do either.
Page 206 - I trust that you have found it so, and that under the teaching of God's own Spirit we shall both be purified. It is the desire of my soul to seek a better country, where God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of his people ; and where, looking back upon the ways by which he has led us, we shall be filled with everlasting wonder, love, and praise 16.