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Side xxi
... sense , and as simple as parson Adams . His wife has a very uncommon understanding , has read much to excellent purpose , and is more polite than a dutchess . The son is a most amiable young man , and the daughter quite of a piece with ...
... sense , and as simple as parson Adams . His wife has a very uncommon understanding , has read much to excellent purpose , and is more polite than a dutchess . The son is a most amiable young man , and the daughter quite of a piece with ...
Side xxiii
... sense to be carried out of his course by the influence of a silly vanity . Indeed , he hated display , and his con- stitutional timidity , he was perfectly sensible was únsurmountable . When writing on this subject to a friend , he very ...
... sense to be carried out of his course by the influence of a silly vanity . Indeed , he hated display , and his con- stitutional timidity , he was perfectly sensible was únsurmountable . When writing on this subject to a friend , he very ...
Side xxxiv
... , notwithstand- ing his long and affectionate attachment to both , it was with some considerable difficulty that he could express to them his sense of their kindness and friend- x S ship . The end of 1799 left him xxxiv LIFE OF.
... , notwithstand- ing his long and affectionate attachment to both , it was with some considerable difficulty that he could express to them his sense of their kindness and friend- x S ship . The end of 1799 left him xxxiv LIFE OF.
Side xxxvi
... Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise : His highest honours to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song . We shall not lengthen the narrative of Cowper's life with an ...
... Sense , fancy , wit , suffice not all to raise So clear a title to affection's praise : His highest honours to the heart belong ; His virtues formed the magic of his song . We shall not lengthen the narrative of Cowper's life with an ...
Side xl
... sense of most of his observations , and , above all , the great appearance of facility with which every thing is executed , and the happy use he has so often made of the most common and ordinary language ; all concur to stamp upon his ...
... sense of most of his observations , and , above all , the great appearance of facility with which every thing is executed , and the happy use he has so often made of the most common and ordinary language ; all concur to stamp upon his ...
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beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd distant divine docet Dr Johnson dread dream earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin land laudanum learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth zeal