The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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... cause in a great measure of that painful malady with which he was afterwards afflicted . His own account of what he suffered at this school is in these words : " I was singled out from all the other boys by a lad about fifteen years of ...
... cause in a great measure of that painful malady with which he was afterwards afflicted . His own account of what he suffered at this school is in these words : " I was singled out from all the other boys by a lad about fifteen years of ...
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... cause of our poet's removal in October of the same year , with Mrs. Unwin and family to Olney . At this place he became the intimate friend and associate of the Rev. John Newton , curate of the parish , whose kind and uniform good ...
... cause of our poet's removal in October of the same year , with Mrs. Unwin and family to Olney . At this place he became the intimate friend and associate of the Rev. John Newton , curate of the parish , whose kind and uniform good ...
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... cause has never been disclosed . The publication of his second volume of poems , includ- ing " The Task , " took place in June , 1785 , and besides extending his reputation , attracted the notice of his fa mily ; and in 1786 , Lady ...
... cause has never been disclosed . The publication of his second volume of poems , includ- ing " The Task , " took place in June , 1785 , and besides extending his reputation , attracted the notice of his fa mily ; and in 1786 , Lady ...
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... cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording History displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days ; Tells of a few stout hearts , that fought and died ...
... cause . " Tis to the virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows . And when recording History displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days ; Tells of a few stout hearts , that fought and died ...
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... consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , 22 TABLE TALK .
... consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band call'd patriot for no cause , 22 TABLE TALK .
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