To the Rev. William Unwin. Dec. -.

Page

With the same

poem. Advantages of putting laws and law cases in

To the Rev. William Unwin. Jan. 14. John Cross's

rule. Thelyphthora

60

To the Rev. John Newton. Feb. 4.

Concerning his

poems. Thelyphthora. Mr. Scott's arrival as curate

To the Rev. William Unwin. Feb. 6. Advice how to

deal with the unjust and ungenerous. Poor at Olney.

Lord George Gordon's acquittal. Pity for criminals.

Wigs

63

66

To Joseph Hill, Esq. Feb. 15. Metrical law-cases. Old

age

69

To the Rev. John Newton. Feb. 18. Character of his

volume. Mr. Newton's objection to coarse epithets.

Mr. (afterwards Sir Richard) Hill's answer to Mr. Ma-

dan. Olney religious meetings. Reflections on his

past life

To the Rev. William Unwin. Feb. 27. Bond of resig-

nation. Vestris and the public. Invitation to Stock

declined. Fish

To the Rev. William Unwin. April 2. His time fully

employed. Rough manners

To the Rev. John Newton. April 8. Asking for a pre-

face. Squint at Thelyphthora. A riddle

To the same. April 23. Preface. Future state of the

heathen. Solution of the riddle. Thelyphthora.

To the same. April 25. Contents of his volume. Pre-

face

To the Rev. William Unwin. May 1. A woman's must.

Intimation that he has a volume in the press

To Joseph Hill, Esq. May 9. The same announcement

To the Rev. John Newton. May 13. Martin Madan.

Epigram. Political guesses

To the same. May 21. Intention of correcting the proofs

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76

79

81

85

86

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90

himself. Martin Madan. Expected visit of the New-

tons

To the Rev. William Unwin. May 23. Delays in print-

ing. Mischief of a careless or conceited corrector of the

press. Request for franks. Vincent Bourne. Scanda-

lous clergymen.

Page

93

99

To the same. May -. Franks. Cowper no horseman. 101

To the Rev. John Newton. May 28. Johnson's diligence.

Warmth of the season. Recollections on a future state. 102

To the Rev. William Unwin. June 5. His motives for

writing. Providence

104

107

To the same. June 24. Design of his poem upon Truth.
An Independent gardener. Mr. Unwin's diffidence

To the Rev. John Newton. July 12. On rhyme. 111

To the same. July 22. Slow progress in the press.

Excursion to the Spinnie

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To the Rev. William Unwin. July 29. Whether it be

better to submit to injuries or seek legal redress. Party

in the Spinnie

113

116

To Mrs. Newton. Aug. Thanks for an account of his
family Ashley Cowper. Remarks on fashion.

To the Rev. John Newton. Aug. 25. Olney News.

119

Johnson's useful suggestions

122

•

To the Rev. William Unwin. Aug. 25.

Congratula-

tions on the birth of a son. Poem on Retirement in

hand. Lady Austen

124

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To the same. Sept. 26. The sea. Lady Austen

To the Rev. John Newton. Oct. 4. Dr. Johnson and

127

Watts. Willing that Mr. Newton's name should ap-

pear in the title-page as editor

129

To the Rev. William Unwin. Oct. 6. Ways of the

world. Feelings with regard to the approaching publi-

To the Rev. William Unwin. Nov. 5. Reflections on the

careless state of the higher classes. Hints to a father. 135

To the Rev. William Unwin. Nov. 24. Paul White-

head's ghost. Cowper's dislike of imitation

To the same. Nov. 26. Pleasure of writing letters.

146

•

To the Rev. John Newton. Nov. 27. American war.

A passage in one of his poems suppressed. Mr. New-

ton's address to his parishioners. Martin Madan

154

To the same. Same date. A fragment. A paragraph in
Latin. Lines inserted in the poem at Mrs. Unwin's
suggestion. Origin of his epigram of Mary and John.
A visitor

To the same. Dec. 4. Politics renounced thenceforth.
Cowper bred up to delight in political songs. Mr. Bar-
ham

To the same. The shortest day. Admiral Kempenfelt
and the French fleet. England not yet brought to reli-
gious humiliation. Mr. Fletcher at Dewsbury. Mr.
Powley preaches against him. Mr. Wesley. Lines on
a Flatting Mill enclosed.

To the same. Last day of the year. Poem on Friendship

laid aside. England and America. Specimen of a

visitor's conversation

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159

162

165

1782.

To the Rev. William Unwin. Jan. 5.

come when there is nothing to say.

Prior, and Dr. Johnson

Something may

Pope, Dryden,

Printer's delay.

has been written

To the Rev. John Newton. Jan. 13.

Difficulty of altering a poem after it

some considerable time. Colonies. Dr. Johnson

168

Page

To the Rev. William Unwin. Jan. 17. Dr. Johnson.

Prior vindicated against his remarks. Advice to a

father

To the Rev. John Newton. Feb. 2. Progress in the

press. Pleasures of composition. A visitor. A funeral

sermon

To the Rev. William Unwin. Feb. 9. Schoolboys' verses.

Bishop Lowth. Cowper's opinion of Charles I. formed

from Mrs. Macaulay. Lady Austen

To the Rev. John Newton. Feb. 16. Pleasure in writ-

ing. Conviction that whatever power he may possess

is given him

•

To the Rev. William Unwin. Feb. 24. Doubts concern-

ing the Preface. Lady Austen. Thurlow. Contested

election

To the Rev. John Newton. Feb. Objections to the

Preface by Mr. Bates and the publisher. Reference to

his malady. Remarks on a Fast Sermon. Improve-

ments at Olney

•

•

To the same. March 6.
Politics. Oliver Cromwell.

Mrs. Macaulay's history. Unfavourable season

To the Rev. William Unwin. March 7. Hopes of see-

ing him and his family on their way to Yorkshire. Lady

Austen. Sunday routs

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178

181

185

187

190

194

197

To the Rev. John Newton. March 14. Publisher's use-

ful criticisms. Comparison between Simon Browne's

case and his own. Joint postscript.

200

To the Rev. William Unwin.

Lady Austen.

Attempt at house-breaking. Professors of religion.

Prisoners

203

To the same. March 18. Pleased with his favourable

opinion of the Poems. Thurlow. Mr. Unwin's endea-

vours in behalf of the prisoners

206

To the Rev. William Bull. March 24. Pleased with his

praise. Utility his aim in writing. Invitation to Olney 209

To the same. Tuesday morning. Thanks for books.

Page

To the Rev. William Unwin. April 1. A good trum-

peter. Thurlow. Wishes him to review his Poems. 211

To the same. April 27. Soldiers at Olney. Military

music. Hopes of seeing them on their return from

Yorkshire. Latin language. Parentheses

To the same. May 27. Inclosing a copy of Dr. Frank-

lin's letter upon his Poems. Providence

To the same. June 12. Self-observation on becoming

an author. Expectations of the Monthly Review.

Martin Madan

•

To the Rev. William Bull. June. Lines from the Snuff-

box put to infimous uses

To the Rev. William Unwin. July 16. Reflections on

political circumstances and the dispensations of Provi-

dence. Incivility. Consolation. Lady Austen. Mar-

tin Madan

•

To the same. Aug. 3. Dr. Johnson. The cat and the

viper. Lady Austen. Madame Guyon's poems recom-

mended to him by Mr. Bull

To Lady Austen. Aug. 12. Verses written while the

flood separated them.

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217

220

224

225

229

232

To the Rev. William Bull. Aug. 14. Madame Guyon. 234

To the same. Oct 27. Expression of friendship. Invi-

234

tation to Olney. His own hopeless state

To the Rev. William Unwin. Nov. 4. John Gilpin.

Public subscriptions. Sufferings of the poor at Olney 236

To the Rev. William Bull. Nov. 5. A cordial invita-

tion

To the Rev. William Unwin. Nov. 18. Mr. Smith's

bounty to the poor at Olney. John Gilpin. Vive la

bagatelle.

To the same. Nov. 30. Distribution of alms.

To the same.

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240

Teedon 242

Beattie. Doubts whether he

should be encouraged to publish a second volume

1783.

To the Rev. John Newton. Jan. 11. Fragment. Best,

a fanatic

245

246