The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, 4. kötetJ. Seagrave, 1806 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 42 találatból.
12. oldal
... reader will perceive from the last Letter , that Cowper , amused as he was with the scenery of Sussex , began to feel the powerful attraction of home . Indeed the infirm state of Mrs. Unwin , and the de- clining season of the year ...
... reader will perceive from the last Letter , that Cowper , amused as he was with the scenery of Sussex , began to feel the powerful attraction of home . Indeed the infirm state of Mrs. Unwin , and the de- clining season of the year ...
43. oldal
... few I re- tain , and will , in compliment to my own judgment . He thinks me too faithful to compouud epithets in the introductory lines , and I know his reason He fears lest the English reader should blame Homer whom 43.
... few I re- tain , and will , in compliment to my own judgment . He thinks me too faithful to compouud epithets in the introductory lines , and I know his reason He fears lest the English reader should blame Homer whom 43.
44. oldal
... reader should blame Homer whom he idolizes , though hardly more than I , for such constant repetition . But them I shall not alter . They are necessary to a just representation of the original . In the affair of Outis , I shall throw ...
... reader should blame Homer whom he idolizes , though hardly more than I , for such constant repetition . But them I shall not alter . They are necessary to a just representation of the original . In the affair of Outis , I shall throw ...
53. oldal
... Letter may be regarded as a remarkable proof of the great poet's indulgent sweetness of temper , in favouring the literary talents of a child . A good - natured reader will hardly TO WILLIAM COWPER , Esqr . Eartham , March 4 53.
... Letter may be regarded as a remarkable proof of the great poet's indulgent sweetness of temper , in favouring the literary talents of a child . A good - natured reader will hardly TO WILLIAM COWPER , Esqr . Eartham , March 4 53.
54. oldal
... readers accustomed to contemplate the compositions of childhood , may consider , perhaps , as a curiosity , when they are assured , as they are with perfect truth , that every syllable of the Letter , and of the criticisms annexed to it ...
... readers accustomed to contemplate the compositions of childhood , may consider , perhaps , as a curiosity , when they are assured , as they are with perfect truth , that every syllable of the Letter , and of the criticisms annexed to it ...
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The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ... William Hayley Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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Adieu admirable affectionate afflicted appear bard bird-lime brother CALLIMACHUS charm Courtenay Cowper DEAR FRIEND dearest degree delight Dereham distress Eartham endeavour Esqr excellent expressed eyes favourite feel friendship genius give grace Greek hand happy haste heart Homer honour hope Hurdis Iliad John Throckmorton Johnny Johnson justly kind labour Lady Hesketh Latin live Lord Thurlow Mary melancholy memory Milton mind morning nature never nihil obliged Odyssey once passage perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise present quæ Qualia quam quod racter reader reason received rejoice Revd Romney SAMUEL ROSE seems shew sight soon sorrow spect spirit sublime sufferings talents Task tell tender thank thee thine thing thou tibi tion translation truly truth Unwin verse vex'd W. C. LETTER Weston Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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179. oldal - That pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow.
154. oldal - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary...
156. oldal - And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary ! But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
180. oldal - Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date: But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
235. oldal - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty for rebellious man...
433. oldal - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
235. oldal - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
179. oldal - Delay'd not to bestow : But he, they knew, nor ship nor shore, Whate'er they gave, should visit more.
178. oldal - Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left.
178. oldal - His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent.