The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page viii
... verse had been unequalled since Dryden , and who , with all his faults , lived and died an honest man- " The scourge of impostors , and terror of quacks . " There was Cumberland , the finical and jealous , but highly accomplished and ...
... verse had been unequalled since Dryden , and who , with all his faults , lived and died an honest man- " The scourge of impostors , and terror of quacks . " There was Cumberland , the finical and jealous , but highly accomplished and ...
Page xii
... verse . " He began with a translation of an elegy of Tibullus . When seventeen he wrote an imitation of the " Splendid Shilling , " on finding the heel of a shoe . At the Temple he spent much of his time in inditing both verse and prose ...
... verse . " He began with a translation of an elegy of Tibullus . When seventeen he wrote an imitation of the " Splendid Shilling , " on finding the heel of a shoe . At the Temple he spent much of his time in inditing both verse and prose ...
Page xiii
... verse , was their friendship . During these years Cowper seems to have been - till his disappointment in love - tolerably happy , often even gay , sometimes , we fear , rather dissipated . From the character of his companions he could ...
... verse , was their friendship . During these years Cowper seems to have been - till his disappointment in love - tolerably happy , often even gay , sometimes , we fear , rather dissipated . From the character of his companions he could ...
Page xix
... verses on his own imaginary doom . THAT , in his notion , implied , that he was singled out by a special decree as the victim of eternal destruction . He began next to amuse himself with keeping leverets , the history of which , as ...
... verses on his own imaginary doom . THAT , in his notion , implied , that he was singled out by a special decree as the victim of eternal destruction . He began next to amuse himself with keeping leverets , the history of which , as ...
Page xxvii
... verse , the two masterpieces of Grecian poetry ; and cre- ated a mass of original song , as remarkable for its healthy tone , a's for its richness , vigour , simplicity , and freedom ! Truly William Cowper was still more a marvellous ...
... verse , the two masterpieces of Grecian poetry ; and cre- ated a mass of original song , as remarkable for its healthy tone , a's for its richness , vigour , simplicity , and freedom ! Truly William Cowper was still more a marvellous ...
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