The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page xiii
... happy , often even gay , sometimes , we fear , rather dissipated . From the character of his companions he could hardly have been otherwise . He was the daily and nightly associate of Lloyd and Thornton , some- times , too , of ...
... happy , often even gay , sometimes , we fear , rather dissipated . From the character of his companions he could hardly have been otherwise . He was the daily and nightly associate of Lloyd and Thornton , some- times , too , of ...
Page xix
... happy , and if they did not succeed , who could have done much better ? If there was a certain sameness in their mode of preparing that " Balm of Gilead , " which is the great cure to a mind diseased , let us rather pity than blame the ...
... happy , and if they did not succeed , who could have done much better ? If there was a certain sameness in their mode of preparing that " Balm of Gilead , " which is the great cure to a mind diseased , let us rather pity than blame the ...
Page xxi
... happy an effect upon his melan- choly spirit as the harp of David upon Saul . " 99 She had told him the old story of John Gilpin . It had amused him exceedingly , and he spent a sleepless night in turning it into a ballad . This ...
... happy an effect upon his melan- choly spirit as the harp of David upon Saul . " 99 She had told him the old story of John Gilpin . It had amused him exceedingly , and he spent a sleepless night in turning it into a ballad . This ...
Page xxv
... happy poet closed his eyes in death . He had said some days before , when asked how he felt , " Feel ! I feel unutterable de- spair ! ' His last words were , to a lady who offered him a cordial , " What does it signify ? " He was buried ...
... happy poet closed his eyes in death . He had said some days before , when asked how he felt , " Feel ! I feel unutterable de- spair ! ' His last words were , to a lady who offered him a cordial , " What does it signify ? " He was buried ...
Page xxvi
... happy No doubt it might have modified the symptoms , but the whole case lay beyond it . That was , in a single sentence , the case of an entirely and ab origine deranged nervous sys- man . " tem , much tried by circumstances , often ill ...
... happy No doubt it might have modified the symptoms , but the whole case lay beyond it . That was , in a single sentence , the case of an entirely and ab origine deranged nervous sys- man . " tem , much tried by circumstances , often ill ...
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