The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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... mind , and produced that fatal aberration with which he was subsequently so painfully afflicted . The deep fervour of his affection for her memory was shown some years afterwards in the poem which he wrote " On the receipt of my ...
... mind , and produced that fatal aberration with which he was subsequently so painfully afflicted . The deep fervour of his affection for her memory was shown some years afterwards in the poem which he wrote " On the receipt of my ...
Page vii
... mind . In 1762 , the offices of reading clerk and clerk of the private committees in the House of Lords were offered to him ; and as the emolu- ments of these offices were , in a pecuniary point of view , rather considerable , he ...
... mind . In 1762 , the offices of reading clerk and clerk of the private committees in the House of Lords were offered to him ; and as the emolu- ments of these offices were , in a pecuniary point of view , rather considerable , he ...
Page viii
... mind of our author , by the conversation which had taken place between him and his brother , preponde- rated between hope and fear for some time , until even- tually he became possessed of " The soul's calm sunshine , and the heart ...
... mind of our author , by the conversation which had taken place between him and his brother , preponde- rated between hope and fear for some time , until even- tually he became possessed of " The soul's calm sunshine , and the heart ...
Page ix
... mind was of a quite different nature to the one that had possessed him in his first at- tack ; his imagination at that time resting upon the idea that he was a pre - ordained subject for everlasting punish- ment , and at this time ...
... mind was of a quite different nature to the one that had possessed him in his first at- tack ; his imagination at that time resting upon the idea that he was a pre - ordained subject for everlasting punish- ment , and at this time ...
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... . Everywhere his meaning is perspicuous , as his sentiments are high and generous . His images , his characters , the total contexture of his verse , are all impregnated with the nobility and intrinsic grandeur of his mind xii MEMOIR OF.
... . Everywhere his meaning is perspicuous , as his sentiments are high and generous . His images , his characters , the total contexture of his verse , are all impregnated with the nobility and intrinsic grandeur of his mind xii MEMOIR OF.
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