The Life of William CowperT.F. Unwin, 1892 - 681 páginas |
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... written about them . The first to commence a systematic life of him was his old friend the Rev. John Newton , in 1800 , a few months after the poet's death . No more than sixteen pages , how- ever , were actually written , the burden of ...
... written about them . The first to commence a systematic life of him was his old friend the Rev. John Newton , in 1800 , a few months after the poet's death . No more than sixteen pages , how- ever , were actually written , the burden of ...
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... written by the poet himself was first pub- lished in 1816. It covers only the first thirty - five years of his life . A brief account of the poet , prefixed to a quantity of new letters - the Private Correspondence— was issued in 1823 ...
... written by the poet himself was first pub- lished in 1816. It covers only the first thirty - five years of his life . A brief account of the poet , prefixed to a quantity of new letters - the Private Correspondence— was issued in 1823 ...
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... written in 1848. The influence of Newton , Unwin , Lady Hesketh - any you will - over Cowper was as nothing compared with that of Samuel Teedon , the self - opinionated and infatuated schoolmaster of Olney ; ( 4 ) The Ledger and Day ...
... written in 1848. The influence of Newton , Unwin , Lady Hesketh - any you will - over Cowper was as nothing compared with that of Samuel Teedon , the self - opinionated and infatuated schoolmaster of Olney ; ( 4 ) The Ledger and Day ...
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... written in 1792 , and quoted on p . 5 of Hayley's " Life of Cow- per , " that his father sent him " to a female oculist of great renown at that time . " This apparent discrepancy is explained by the fact that both Mr. Disney and his ...
... written in 1792 , and quoted on p . 5 of Hayley's " Life of Cow- per , " that his father sent him " to a female oculist of great renown at that time . " This apparent discrepancy is explained by the fact that both Mr. Disney and his ...
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... writing verse in English . Several of his companions were versifiers , and one at least rose to very high fame as a poet in ... written at Bath in his 17th year , on finding the heel of a shoe ( 1748 ) , which was an imitation of John ...
... writing verse in English . Several of his companions were versifiers , and one at least rose to very high fame as a poet in ... written at Bath in his 17th year , on finding the heel of a shoe ( 1748 ) , which was an imitation of John ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted admire agreeable Albans amusement arrived beautiful brother Bull called church Clifton commenced conversation cousin Cowper says dear death delightful Eartham Emberton favour February garden gave Gayhurst give happy Hayley heard heart Hill Homer honour hope Huntingdon hymns Iliad John Cowper John Gilpin John Newton Johnson July June Lady Austen Lady Hesketh laudanum Lavendon lines live London look Lord Dartmouth Madan Martin Madan melancholy mind morning Mundesley never Newport Pagnell night Nonsense Club observed occasion Olney Olney Hymns once pleasure poem poet poet's poor prayer present received reference Sam Roberts says Cowper seems sent spirits Task Teedon tells thing thought Throckmorton Thurlow told took town translation Unwin verse vicarage volume walk Weston Weston Underwood wife William William Cowper writes written
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Página 423 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 430 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Página 121 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Página 359 - From many a twig the pendent drops of ice, That tinkle in the withered leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his books.
Página 393 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Página 39 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Página 618 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary...
Página 33 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Página 198 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Página 619 - The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently...