Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side viii
... less singular than the coincidence . Thurlow rose to wealth , power , and glory , unrivalled in their combination , during his lifetime ; but when death had shorn him of those of his honours that were mortal , it extinguished three ...
... less singular than the coincidence . Thurlow rose to wealth , power , and glory , unrivalled in their combination , during his lifetime ; but when death had shorn him of those of his honours that were mortal , it extinguished three ...
Side x
... less difficult than the daily exercises of a school - boy . Disap- pointment in this " tide of his affairs , " the only one , that , " taken at the flood , " promised to " lead on to fortune , " induced the first violent paroxysm of ...
... less difficult than the daily exercises of a school - boy . Disap- pointment in this " tide of his affairs , " the only one , that , " taken at the flood , " promised to " lead on to fortune , " induced the first violent paroxysm of ...
Side xi
... less by their neglect than by his voluntary secession from them . There were some remarkable , though perhaps not very unusual , contrarieties in the temperament , bo- dily and mental , of Cowper . A natural healthful • gaiety ...
... less by their neglect than by his voluntary secession from them . There were some remarkable , though perhaps not very unusual , contrarieties in the temperament , bo- dily and mental , of Cowper . A natural healthful • gaiety ...
Side xvi
... less to the end of life , there is no dis- tinct allusion , in any of his deliberately published poems , to this bosom - mystery of wo , though there are frequent unexplained intimations of some sorrow that bowed down his spirit . Much less ...
... less to the end of life , there is no dis- tinct allusion , in any of his deliberately published poems , to this bosom - mystery of wo , though there are frequent unexplained intimations of some sorrow that bowed down his spirit . Much less ...
Side xxvii
... less by recurring to obsolete ones , ( which has been too prodigally done since , ) but by hazardous , and generally happy innovations of more recent origin , which have become graceful and digni- fied by usage , though Pope and his ...
... less by recurring to obsolete ones , ( which has been too prodigally done since , ) but by hazardous , and generally happy innovations of more recent origin , which have become graceful and digni- fied by usage , though Pope and his ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth