The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, Tom 4 |
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Happy indeed should I be to see a work of mine so nobly accompanied , but
should that good fortune ever attend me , it cannot take place till the third or fourth
edition shall afford the occasion . This I regret , and I regret too that you will have
...
Happy indeed should I be to see a work of mine so nobly accompanied , but
should that good fortune ever attend me , it cannot take place till the third or fourth
edition shall afford the occasion . This I regret , and I regret too that you will have
...
Strona 120
When your short note arrived , which gave me the agreeable news of your victory
, our friend of Eartham was with me , and shared largely in the joy , that I felt on
the occasion . He left me but a few days since , having spent somewhat more ...
When your short note arrived , which gave me the agreeable news of your victory
, our friend of Eartham was with me , and shared largely in the joy , that I felt on
the occasion . He left me but a few days since , having spent somewhat more ...
Strona 135
... with graceful propriety , and we might apply to him , on this topic , the very
expressive words which the poet Claudian addresses , on a different occasion ,
to his favourite hero : Suffragia vulgi Jam tibi detulerant , quidquid mox debuit
aula .
... with graceful propriety , and we might apply to him , on this topic , the very
expressive words which the poet Claudian addresses , on a different occasion ,
to his favourite hero : Suffragia vulgi Jam tibi detulerant , quidquid mox debuit
aula .
Strona 141
... serve ; I shall at last be forced to send a vague answer , unworthy to be sent to
a person accustomed , like him , to close reasoning , and abstruse discussion ,
for I rise after ill rest , and with a frame of mind perfectly unsuited to the occasion .
... serve ; I shall at last be forced to send a vague answer , unworthy to be sent to
a person accustomed , like him , to close reasoning , and abstruse discussion ,
for I rise after ill rest , and with a frame of mind perfectly unsuited to the occasion .
Strona 149
I had frequent and painful occasion to observe , in this affecting visit to my
suffering friend , that he seemed to shrink , at times , from every human creature ,
except from the gentle voice of my son . This exception I attributed partly to the
peculiar ...
I had frequent and painful occasion to observe , in this affecting visit to my
suffering friend , that he seemed to shrink , at times , from every human creature ,
except from the gentle voice of my son . This exception I attributed partly to the
peculiar ...
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