The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1James Nichol, 1854 - 416 pages |
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Page vi
... delight in maltreating him . He " fancied " him , as a demon might fancy a special victim of his ire , and treated him with a revolting barbarity , which haunted Cowper's memory till the latest hour of his life , came back upon his ...
... delight in maltreating him . He " fancied " him , as a demon might fancy a special victim of his ire , and treated him with a revolting barbarity , which haunted Cowper's memory till the latest hour of his life , came back upon his ...
Page viii
... delightful as the morns . Seldom has there met in any school . a more brilliant assemblage of persons , afterwards renowned , than there did then at Westminster . There was the cele- brated wit , Bonnell Thornton . There was Lloyd , the ...
... delightful as the morns . Seldom has there met in any school . a more brilliant assemblage of persons , afterwards renowned , than there did then at Westminster . There was the cele- brated wit , Bonnell Thornton . There was Lloyd , the ...
Page ix
... delight- ful chapter of his life - perhaps the only one which was not deeply chequered - came to a close . He left Westminster school , he says , well furnished with grammatical knowledge , but as ignorant of all kinds of religion as ...
... delight- ful chapter of his life - perhaps the only one which was not deeply chequered - came to a close . He left Westminster school , he says , well furnished with grammatical knowledge , but as ignorant of all kinds of religion as ...
Page x
... delightful poem did not alto- gether remove , but it much alleviated , his sufferings . The sea still ran high , but the wind abated . Herbert's voice came to him , in the valley of that shadow , even as there came to Christian , in the ...
... delightful poem did not alto- gether remove , but it much alleviated , his sufferings . The sea still ran high , but the wind abated . Herbert's voice came to him , in the valley of that shadow , even as there came to Christian , in the ...
Page xxi
... delighted , the world . She told Cowper the story of the one , and suggested to him the subject of the other . He ... delightful episode in Cowper's history . She left Olney for ever , and Cowper , although he submitted without a murmur ...
... delighted , the world . She told Cowper the story of the one , and suggested to him the subject of the other . He ... delightful episode in Cowper's history . She left Olney for ever , and Cowper , although he submitted without a murmur ...
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