 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 oldal
...of. I have therefore read Burnss poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in • I believe the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life, since Shakspeare, (I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 524 oldal
...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 be written in a...on the whole a very extraordinary production. He is I believe the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakespeare, (I... | |
 | 1855 - 364 oldal
...writes Burns to Mrs. Dunlop. " I have rood Burns' poems," says Cowper, " and have read them twice ; aud though they be written in a language that is new to...them on the whole a very extraordinary production." " The Task" was rapturously hailed. The Reviews were unanimous in its praise. After all, the foshion... | |
 | William Cowper - 1877 - 462 oldal
...malady, which took place in his fatal month of January. I have therefore read Burns' poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a...the whole, a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life, since Shakspeare (I... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 oldal
...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... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 416 oldal
...Burns's poems," Cowper writes to his friend Mr. Kose, who seems to have sent them to him, " and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a...the whole a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms have produced in a low rank of life since Shakspeare (I should... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 426 oldal
...affecting to honour him by their patronage. In 1 787 he writes, " I have read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a...the whole a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakespeare (I... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 424 oldal
...affecting to honour him by their patronage. In 1787 he writes, "I have read Burns's poems, and have read them twice ; and though they be written in a...the whole a very extraordinary production. He is, I believe, the only poet these kingdoms have produced in the lower rank of life since Shakespeare (I... | |
 | 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... | |
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Burns's 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. 
