The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page xiii
... thought of him in the spirit of the fine future lines of his best biographer— " How happily the days Of Thalaba went by ! " But all this was false and hollow . It was the flowery verge of a smouldering volcano . In the first place , his ...
... thought of him in the spirit of the fine future lines of his best biographer— " How happily the days Of Thalaba went by ! " But all this was false and hollow . It was the flowery verge of a smouldering volcano . In the first place , his ...
Page xvi
... thought expedient to remove him to a private asylum , kept by Dr Cotton , at St Albans . Cowper has declined to discover the " secrets of his prison- house . " He tells us only that the differentia of his madness lay in an infinite self ...
... thought expedient to remove him to a private asylum , kept by Dr Cotton , at St Albans . Cowper has declined to discover the " secrets of his prison- house . " He tells us only that the differentia of his madness lay in an infinite self ...
Page xx
... thoughts . Mrs Unwin urged him to write something of moment , and he commenced the " Progress of Error . " This poem , after having been subjected to Newton's criticism and approved of , was followed in rapid succession by “ Truth ...
... thoughts . Mrs Unwin urged him to write something of moment , and he commenced the " Progress of Error . " This poem , after having been subjected to Newton's criticism and approved of , was followed in rapid succession by “ Truth ...
Page xxii
... thoughts far , far away from his personal agony , and in the work of collating , editing , transcribing MSS . , and turning lines , there was nothing to fret his heart , or rouse from its lair the demon of his memory . Lady Hesketh ...
... thoughts far , far away from his personal agony , and in the work of collating , editing , transcribing MSS . , and turning lines , there was nothing to fret his heart , or rouse from its lair the demon of his memory . Lady Hesketh ...
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... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lined , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
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