The Poetical Works of William Cowper. [With a Life of Cowper by J. M. Ross. With Plates, Including a Portrait.]William P. Nimmo, 1863 - 483 pages |
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Page iii
... verse , as genuine as it is rare . The sources of this unusual popularity will be subsequently considered ; in the meantime we proceed to briefly narrate the familiar and painful story of his life . The family to which the poet belonged ...
... verse , as genuine as it is rare . The sources of this unusual popularity will be subsequently considered ; in the meantime we proceed to briefly narrate the familiar and painful story of his life . The family to which the poet belonged ...
Page vii
... verse , to the Connoisseur and to the St James's Magazine , edited by Lloyd , and appears also to have renewed , in some slight degree , his acquaintance with Churchill , then in the zenith of his reputation as a satirist . But , as has ...
... verse , to the Connoisseur and to the St James's Magazine , edited by Lloyd , and appears also to have renewed , in some slight degree , his acquaintance with Churchill , then in the zenith of his reputation as a satirist . But , as has ...
Page viii
... verses written during his insanity , " damned below Judas . " Gradually , however , his reason returned and his health ... verse he read was Romans iii . 25. ' Immediately , " he adds , " I received strength to believe . " Comment upon ...
... verses written during his insanity , " damned below Judas . " Gradually , however , his reason returned and his health ... verse he read was Romans iii . 25. ' Immediately , " he adds , " I received strength to believe . " Comment upon ...
Page xii
... verses are occasionally marked by a kind of serious extravagance of sentiment , the good sense which they exhibit is on the whole equal to their piety . They were published along with some other poems in 1782 , but were not very ...
... verses are occasionally marked by a kind of serious extravagance of sentiment , the good sense which they exhibit is on the whole equal to their piety . They were published along with some other poems in 1782 , but were not very ...
Page xiii
... verse were not calculated to awaken much interest in ordinary readers ; Gold- smith had written too little , and even that little , however sweet and natural , was not decisively enough original to constitute him a reformer ; Robert ...
... verse were not calculated to awaken much interest in ordinary readers ; Gold- smith had written too little , and even that little , however sweet and natural , was not decisively enough original to constitute him a reformer ; Robert ...
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