 | 1854 - Liczba stron: 672
...cousin who had sent him his mother's portrait — " Every creature that bears an affinity to my dear mother, is dear to me ; and you, the daughter of her...much, both for her sake and for your own. The world 1 could not have furnished me with a present so acceptable to me, as the picture which you have so... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Liczba stron: 624
...animated the original of that dear picture. WG TO MRS. BODHAM. MY DEAREST HOSE, Weston, Feb. 27, 1790. WHOM I thought withered, and fallen from the stalk,...remove distant from her; I love you therefore, and LETTERS. 339 love you much, both for her sake, and for your own. The world could not have furnished... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Liczba stron: 624
...stalk, but whom I find still alive: nothing could ;ive me greater pleasure than to know it, and to earn peats, And adds his rapture to the general praise....power denied. Thou art the source and centre of a LIT. o!6. love you much, both for her sake, and for your own. The world could not have furnished you... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 592
...love you not a jot the less for having ceased to be so. Every creature that bears any affinity to my mother is dear to me, and you, the daughter of her...with a present so acceptable to me as the picture you have so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and received it with a trepidation... | |
 | 1850 - Liczba stron: 790
...side, to whom he was indebted for the picture,. This letter is quite as characteristic as the poem : *' The world could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me. as the picture which voa nave so kindly sent me. I received it the night before last, and viewed it with a trepidation of... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - Liczba stron: 360
...love you not a jot the less for having ceased to be so. Every creature that bears any affinity to my mother is dear to me, and you, the daughter of her...you much, both for her sake and for your own. The LETTER ON THE GIFT OP HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE. 243 world could not have furnished you with a present so... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - Liczba stron: 464
...and love you not a jot the less for having ceased to be eo. Every creature tbat bears affinity to my mother is dear to me ; and you, the daughter of her brother, are hut one remove distant from her. I love you, therefore, and love you much, both for her sake, and for... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - Liczba stron: 438
...love you not a jot the less for having ceased to be so. Every creature that bears any affinity to my mother is dear to me, and you, the daughter of her brother, 298 LETTER ON THE GIFT are but one remove distant from her ; I love you, therefore, and love you much,... | |
 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - Liczba stron: 476
...thus replied : TO HKS. BODHAM. Weston, Feb. 27, 1790. io. Every creature that bears affinity to my mother is dear to me ; and you, the daughter of her brother, arc but one remove distant from her. I love you, therefore, and love you much, both for her sake, and... | |
 | 1858 - Liczba stron: 424
...distresses of mental derangement. To the donor, Mrs. Bodham, his cousin, he wrote in acknowledgment, " The world could not have furnished you with a present so acceptable to me as the picture you have so kindly sent me." We cannot forbear introducing here a few lines from this tribute to a... | |
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Mother is dear to me, and you the Daughter of her Brother, are but one remove distant from her : I love you, therefore, and, love you much, both for her sake, and for your own. The world could not have furnished you with a present So acceptable to me,... 
