The Works of William Cowper, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... less profitable hours of school - idleness , he enjoyed with those schoolfellows who may properly be called his peers , Lloyd , Churchill , and Colman . Among his other contemporaries at Westminster who dis- tinguished themselves in ...
... less profitable hours of school - idleness , he enjoyed with those schoolfellows who may properly be called his peers , Lloyd , Churchill , and Colman . Among his other contemporaries at Westminster who dis- tinguished themselves in ...
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... less a per- son than the after Lord Chancellor Thurlow , who had been educated at Canterbury school . Dr. Donne , one of the preben- daries of that cathedral , had a quarrel with Mr. Talbot , the then head master of the school , and he ...
... less a per- son than the after Lord Chancellor Thurlow , who had been educated at Canterbury school . Dr. Donne , one of the preben- daries of that cathedral , had a quarrel with Mr. Talbot , the then head master of the school , and he ...
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... less than the Almighty fiat could have filled me with such inexpressible de- light ; not by a gradual dawning of peace , but as it were with a flash of his life - giving countenance . I think I remember some- thing like a glow of ...
... less than the Almighty fiat could have filled me with such inexpressible de- light ; not by a gradual dawning of peace , but as it were with a flash of his life - giving countenance . I think I remember some- thing like a glow of ...
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... less than five minutes I should feel myself a prison- er , though I can spend hours in it , under an assurance that I may leave it when I please , without experiencing any tedium at all . It was for this reason , I suppose , that the ...
... less than five minutes I should feel myself a prison- er , though I can spend hours in it , under an assurance that I may leave it when I please , without experiencing any tedium at all . It was for this reason , I suppose , that the ...
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... less frequently than a musical ear , or the painter's accuracy of eye and dexterity of hand , all which depend more evidently upon organic aptitude . Cowper's father , his uncle Ashley , and his brother , all wrote verses . He himself ...
... less frequently than a musical ear , or the painter's accuracy of eye and dexterity of hand , all which depend more evidently upon organic aptitude . Cowper's father , his uncle Ashley , and his brother , all wrote verses . He himself ...
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The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and ... William Cowper,Robert Homer No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 160 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 4 - Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes.
Page 12 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 439 - And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine ; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 108 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 130 - ... till eleven, we read either the Scripture, or the sermons of some faithful preacher of those holy mysteries ; at eleven we attend divine service, which is performed here twice every day ; and from twelve to three we separate and amuse ourselves as we please. During that interval I either read in my own apartment, or walk, or ride, or work in the garden. We seldom sit an hour after dinner, but if the weather permits adjourn to the garden, where with Mrs. Unwin and her son I have generally the...