The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, Tom 4J. Seagrave, 1806 |
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Strona 43
... . A few I re- tain , and will , in compliment to my own judgment . He thinks me too faithful to compound epithets in the introductory lines , and I know his reason He fears lest the English reader should blame Homer whom 43.
... . A few I re- tain , and will , in compliment to my own judgment . He thinks me too faithful to compound epithets in the introductory lines , and I know his reason He fears lest the English reader should blame Homer whom 43.
Strona 51
... reason you give , which is a very just one , and the present reading is this , Who had dared dishonour thus The life itself , & c . Your objection to kindler of the fires of heaven , I had the good fortune to anticipate , and expunged ...
... reason you give , which is a very just one , and the present reading is this , Who had dared dishonour thus The life itself , & c . Your objection to kindler of the fires of heaven , I had the good fortune to anticipate , and expunged ...
Strona 56
... must know I am advanced as far as the fifteenth book of the Iliad , leaving nothing be- hind me that can reasonably offend the most fastidi- ous ; and I design him for public appearance in his new dress as soon as possible , for a reason ...
... must know I am advanced as far as the fifteenth book of the Iliad , leaving nothing be- hind me that can reasonably offend the most fastidi- ous ; and I design him for public appearance in his new dress as soon as possible , for a reason ...
Strona 57
... reason which any poet may guess , if he will but thrust his hand into his pocket . You forbid me to tantalize you with an invi- tation to Weston ; and yet invite me to Eartham ! -- No ! no ! there is no such happiness in store for me at ...
... reason which any poet may guess , if he will but thrust his hand into his pocket . You forbid me to tantalize you with an invi- tation to Weston ; and yet invite me to Eartham ! -- No ! no ! there is no such happiness in store for me at ...
Strona 63
... of life we have every reason to believe that the deprivation cannot be long . Our sun is setting too , and when the hour of rest arrives we shall rejoin your brother , and many whom we have tenderly loved , our forerunners into a 63.
... of life we have every reason to believe that the deprivation cannot be long . Our sun is setting too , and when the hour of rest arrives we shall rejoin your brother , and many whom we have tenderly loved , our forerunners into a 63.
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Adieu admirable affectionate afflicted appear bard bird-lime brother CALLIMACHU charm Cowper DEAR FRIEND dearest degree delight Dereham distress Eartham endeavour Esqr ev'ry excellent expressed eyes favourite feel friendship genius give grace Greek hand happy haste heart Homer honour hope Iliad John Throckmorton Johnny Johnson justly kind labour Lady Hesketh Latin live Lord Thurlow Mary melancholy memory merit Milton mind morning nature never nihil obliged Odyssey once passage perhaps person 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 thee thine thing thou tibi tion translation truly truth Unwin verse vex'd W. C. LETTER Weston Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write