 | William Cowper - 1877 - 462 oldal
...Using hindered by a very severe attack of his malady, which took place in his fatal month of January. I have therefore read Burns' poems, and have read...kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life, since Shakspeare (I should rather say since Prior), who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 oldal
...consolation spoken of. The same criticism applies to the following examples : — " I have read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a language that is new to me ... I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production." (Cowper, Southey, vi. 54.) " Though... | |
 | 1882 - 780 oldal
...In July, 1787, we find the poet of "The Task" telling a correspondent that he had read Burns'a poems twice ; "and though they be written in a language that is new to me ... I think them, on the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these... | |
 | 1883 - 778 oldal
...In July, 1787, we find the poet of The Task telling a correspondent that he had read Burns's poems twice ; " and though they be written in a language that is new to me ... I think them, on the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these... | |
 | William Cowper - 1884 - 356 oldal
...habit, and partly because it is the only thing that I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns's Poems, and have read them twice ; and, though they...kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life, since Shakspeare (I should rather say since Prior), who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to... | |
 | Robert Steel - 1890 - 680 oldal
...works have raised him to a high rank among all admirers of poetry. Cowper said : " I have read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they...believe, the only poet these kingdoms have produced in a low rank of life since Shakespeare, I should rather say since Prior, who need not be indebted for... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 620 oldal
...In July, 1787, we find the poet of The Task telling a correspondent that he had read Burns's poems twice ; " and though they be written in a language that is new to me ... I think them, on the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 428 oldal
...Cowper read Burns's poems in July, 1787, for he then wrote : — " I have read Burns's poems twice, and I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production....produced in the lower rank of life since Shakespeare who need not be indebted for any part of his praise to a charitable consideration of his origin, and... | |
 | 1899 - 666 oldal
...In July, 1787, we find the poet of The Task telling a correspondent that he had read Burns's poems twice; "and though they be written in a language that is new to me .... I think them, on the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these... | |
 | William Cowper, Thomas Wright - 1904 - 512 oldal
...and partly because it is the only thing that I am capable of. I have therefore read Burns's poems,2 and have read them twice ; and though they be written...produced in the lower rank of life since Shakespeare, 1 Samuel Rose, soon to become one of Cowper' s most valued friends. 2 About the time that Cowper was... | |
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Burns' poems, and have read them twice ; and, though they be written in a language that is new to me, and many of them on subjects much inferior to the author's ability, I think them on the whole a very extraordinary production. 
