0 THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ. . BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ.,, LL. D., POET LAUREATE, ETC IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, AND COMPANY. SOLD ALSO BY H. & E. PHINNEY, COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. 1843. 1737. Cowper sent to school at Market Street, Hertfordshire...... Cruelly treated there by one of the boys.. 1739. Placed in the house of an oculist on account of a disease in 1741. Sent to Westminster school.... 1745. The small-pox relieves his eyes.. COWPER IN A SOLICITOR'S OFFICE AND IN THE TEMPLE. FIRST Verses on his disappointment.. ... His early poems preserved by Miss Cowper... This disappointment not the cause of his madness. 1758. Translation of a Latin letter written by him. at this time, His cordial friendship for Cowper Sportive promise of Thurlow... 1762. Letter to Mr. Clotworthy Rowley, Sept. 2.. 55 |