The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... bear fruits once demanded only of tragic stories . He will be the poet of the country and the home . Yet he never had a home of his own , and few people have had a narrower acquaintance with the country . It is , in fact , all through ...
... bear fruits once demanded only of tragic stories . He will be the poet of the country and the home . Yet he never had a home of his own , and few people have had a narrower acquaintance with the country . It is , in fact , all through ...
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... bear any excitement , and the prospect of appear- ing before the House of Lords so completely overwhelmed him that he several times attempted suicide , and the whole scheme was abandoned . Nothing shows more painfully how deeply rooted ...
... bear any excitement , and the prospect of appear- ing before the House of Lords so completely overwhelmed him that he several times attempted suicide , and the whole scheme was abandoned . Nothing shows more painfully how deeply rooted ...
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... bear him . Being possessed of a little Latin , he seldom uses a word that is not derived from that language , and , being a bigot to propriety of d pronunciation , studiously and constantly lays the accent upon the INTRODUCTION xxix.
... bear him . Being possessed of a little Latin , he seldom uses a word that is not derived from that language , and , being a bigot to propriety of d pronunciation , studiously and constantly lays the accent upon the INTRODUCTION xxix.
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... bear the poet's name , and own his portrait and some of his manuscripts , played an ever - increasing part in the sad work of looking after the unhappy couple . Since his first coming over from Cambridge in 1790 , he had often stayed at ...
... bear the poet's name , and own his portrait and some of his manuscripts , played an ever - increasing part in the sad work of looking after the unhappy couple . Since his first coming over from Cambridge in 1790 , he had often stayed at ...
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... bears a close resemblance to the schoolfellow whom he so much admired , the very un- domestic Churchill . It is only a parallel of style , of course with Churchill's coarseness and violence Cowper could have nothing to do . But style ...
... bears a close resemblance to the schoolfellow whom he so much admired , the very un- domestic Churchill . It is only a parallel of style , of course with Churchill's coarseness and violence Cowper could have nothing to do . But style ...
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