The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers, Volume 2 |
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... agreeable woman , and has fallen in love with your mother and me ; insomuch , that I do not know but she may settle at Olney . Yesterday sennight we all dined together in the Spinnie - a most delightful retirement , belong- ing to Mrs ...
... agreeable woman , and has fallen in love with your mother and me ; insomuch , that I do not know but she may settle at Olney . Yesterday sennight we all dined together in the Spinnie - a most delightful retirement , belong- ing to Mrs ...
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... came , we found it agreeable . A person that has seen much of the world , and understands it well , has high spirits , a lively fancy , and great readiness of conversation , introduces a sprightliness into such a scene 14.
... came , we found it agreeable . A person that has seen much of the world , and understands it well , has high spirits , a lively fancy , and great readiness of conversation , introduces a sprightliness into such a scene 14.
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... agreeable to the poet was occasioned by circum- stances of a painful nature , related in a letter to Mr. Unwin , which , though it bears no date of month or year , I am induced by these cir- cumstances to introduce at present , though ...
... agreeable to the poet was occasioned by circum- stances of a painful nature , related in a letter to Mr. Unwin , which , though it bears no date of month or year , I am induced by these cir- cumstances to introduce at present , though ...
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... agreeable ; there is a neatness in it equal to that which we applaud , with so much reason , in the composi tions of Prior . I have translated several of them , and shall proceed in my translations , till I have filled a Lilliputian ...
... agreeable ; there is a neatness in it equal to that which we applaud , with so much reason , in the composi tions of Prior . I have translated several of them , and shall proceed in my translations , till I have filled a Lilliputian ...
Page 58
... the length of it , but by the contents , and how can the contents of any letter be more agreeable than your last ? You tell me that John Gilpin made you laugh tears , and that the ladies at court are 58 to 111, written in 1782.
... the length of it , but by the contents , and how can the contents of any letter be more agreeable than your last ? You tell me that John Gilpin made you laugh tears , and that the ladies at court are 58 to 111, written in 1782.
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able acquaintance Adieu admire affectionate agreeable amuse answer appear ascer believe Berkeley blank verse CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called cause comfort consequently Cowper DEAR FRIEND DEAR WILLIAM dearest Cousin delight doubt equally esteem expect favor feel felt finished friendship ginal give glad grace happy hear heard heart Homer honor hope Iliad John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL labour Lady Austen LADY HESKETH laugh least live matter mean ment mind nature neighbour neral never obliged occasion Olney opinion perfectly perhaps philosopher Pict pleased pleasure poem poet poetical present prove reason received recollect respect Scripture seems sensible sent serve sion soon spirits suppose sure taste tell thank ther thing thought Throckmorton tion translation truth UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA verse volume W. C. LETTER whole WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write