The Poetical Works of William CowperRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 - 630 pages |
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... look quite gay , As other people do ; And sometimes said , or tried to say , A witty thing or so . He eyed the women , and made free To comment on their shapes ; So that there was , or seemed to be , No fear of a relapse . The women ...
... look quite gay , As other people do ; And sometimes said , or tried to say , A witty thing or so . He eyed the women , and made free To comment on their shapes ; So that there was , or seemed to be , No fear of a relapse . The women ...
Page xxi
... look back , " he told Lady Hesketh , in mature life , " to the memory of your sister , and regret her ; but how strange it is , if we were to meet now , we should not know each other . " Did a love , worthy of the name , ever think or ...
... look back , " he told Lady Hesketh , in mature life , " to the memory of your sister , and regret her ; but how strange it is , if we were to meet now , we should not know each other . " Did a love , worthy of the name , ever think or ...
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... that fatal " '63 , " that he entered a chemist's shop , and with a tranquil voice and look , requested to have a half - ounce phial of laudanum . He obtained it , and placed it carefully in a side pocket for future use COWPER . xxiii.
... that fatal " '63 , " that he entered a chemist's shop , and with a tranquil voice and look , requested to have a half - ounce phial of laudanum . He obtained it , and placed it carefully in a side pocket for future use COWPER . xxiii.
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... look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret . If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed , he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth , and pull it with all his force . Thus Puss might be said to be ...
... look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret . If this rhetoric did not immediately succeed , he would take the skirt of my coat between his teeth , and pull it with all his force . Thus Puss might be said to be ...
Page xli
... look for , and rarely see , in poets , lived and breathed in it . His eyes were dark and lustrous , and his manner , in a high degree captivating and elegant . From the first in- terview Cowper claimed him for a brother . The accom ...
... look for , and rarely see , in poets , lived and breathed in it . His eyes were dark and lustrous , and his manner , in a high degree captivating and elegant . From the first in- terview Cowper claimed him for a brother . The accom ...
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