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Page v
... sent him a copy of the Task , in the margin of which he has inserted such parallel pas- sages as he supposed Cowper , while composing the text , might have had , wittingly or unwittingly , in mind . He accompanied it with a very useful ...
... sent him a copy of the Task , in the margin of which he has inserted such parallel pas- sages as he supposed Cowper , while composing the text , might have had , wittingly or unwittingly , in mind . He accompanied it with a very useful ...
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... sent to school at Market - street , Hertfordshire Cruelly treated there by one of the boys 1739. Placed in the house of an oculist on account of a disease in his eyes 1741. Sent to Westminster school . 1745. The small - pox relieves his ...
... sent to school at Market - street , Hertfordshire Cruelly treated there by one of the boys 1739. Placed in the house of an oculist on account of a disease in his eyes 1741. Sent to Westminster school . 1745. The small - pox relieves his ...
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... sent him by his cousin , Mrs. Bodham Letter to Mrs. Bodham , Feb. 27 , 1790 437 ib . Sonnet to Mrs. Unwin 439 Refusal to write hymns . · Writes one for the Olney Sunday school . Translates some letters from the Latin of a Dutch ...
... sent him by his cousin , Mrs. Bodham Letter to Mrs. Bodham , Feb. 27 , 1790 437 ib . Sonnet to Mrs. Unwin 439 Refusal to write hymns . · Writes one for the Olney Sunday school . Translates some letters from the Latin of a Dutch ...
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... sent by Mr. Thornton to Dr. Franklin Extract from the Elbow Chair • · 455 456 · ib . ib . • ib . • 457 • ib . • 458 • 459 . ib . 460 . 461 462 . 463 • 464 ib . ib . 465 • ib . 466 467 Lace - makers . Rhymed tragedies Riding rhyme . The ...
... sent by Mr. Thornton to Dr. Franklin Extract from the Elbow Chair • · 455 456 · ib . ib . • ib . • 457 • ib . • 458 • 459 . ib . 460 . 461 462 . 463 • 464 ib . ib . 465 • ib . 466 467 Lace - makers . Rhymed tragedies Riding rhyme . The ...
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... sent at six years of age from home to a boarding- school , the first of those sad changes through which a gentle spirit has to pass in this uneasy and disordered world . His infancy is said to have been " delicate in no common degree ...
... sent at six years of age from home to a boarding- school , the first of those sad changes through which a gentle spirit has to pass in this uneasy and disordered world . His infancy is said to have been " delicate in no common degree ...
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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...