The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... world , seems to have been a person of the most amiable dispositions . Her picture , which now lies before us , expresses much feminine delicacy , and not a little of that trembling sensibility and timid anxiety which assumed.
... world , seems to have been a person of the most amiable dispositions . Her picture , which now lies before us , expresses much feminine delicacy , and not a little of that trembling sensibility and timid anxiety which assumed.
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William Cowper George Gilfillan. little of that trembling sensibility and timid anxiety which assumed a darker form in her son . She died in 1737 , at the age of thirty - four , in childbirth , leaving , of several children , only ...
William Cowper George Gilfillan. little of that trembling sensibility and timid anxiety which assumed a darker form in her son . She died in 1737 , at the age of thirty - four , in childbirth , leaving , of several children , only ...
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... trembles at the thought : His Master's interest and his own combined , Prompt every movement of his heart and mind : Thought , word , and deed , his liberty evince , His freedom is the freedom of a prince . Man's obligations infinite ...
... trembles at the thought : His Master's interest and his own combined , Prompt every movement of his heart and mind : Thought , word , and deed , his liberty evince , His freedom is the freedom of a prince . Man's obligations infinite ...
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... trembling at their awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; - Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ...
... trembling at their awful close ; Where the betray'd , forsaken , and oppress'd , The thousands whom the world forbids to rest ; - Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ...
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... Trembling yet happy , confident yet meek.— " Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot , And cut up all my follies by the root , I never trusted in an arm but thine , Nor hoped , but in thy righteousness divine : My prayers and ...
... Trembling yet happy , confident yet meek.— " Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot , And cut up all my follies by the root , I never trusted in an arm but thine , Nor hoped , but in thy righteousness divine : My prayers and ...
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