The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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... less valuable situation of the clerk of the journals in the same House ; but to obtain possession of this situation , on account of there being a dispute of the right of nomi- nation , as Cowper would be obliged to appear at the bar of ...
... less valuable situation of the clerk of the journals in the same House ; but to obtain possession of this situation , on account of there being a dispute of the right of nomi- nation , as Cowper would be obliged to appear at the bar of ...
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... less sublime . When ministers and ministerial arts ; Patriots , who love good places at their hearts ; When admirals , extoll'd for standing still , Or doing nothing , with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may ...
... less sublime . When ministers and ministerial arts ; Patriots , who love good places at their hearts ; When admirals , extoll'd for standing still , Or doing nothing , with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may ...
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... Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale . He can encourage Slav'ry ...
... Less on exterior things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale . He can encourage Slav'ry ...
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... your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , 154 O TABLE TALK . 83.
... your own at once , Or candidly confess yourself a dunce . B. These were the chief : each interval of night Was grac'd with many an undulating light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor , 154 O TABLE TALK . 83.
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... less innocent , as less refin'd ; Then Genius danc'd a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seiz'd the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy , rush'd into the field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own ...
... less innocent , as less refin'd ; Then Genius danc'd a bacchanal ; he crown'd The brimming goblet , seiz'd the thyrsus , bound His brows with ivy , rush'd into the field Of wild imagination , and there reel'd , The victim of his own ...
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