The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... soon became attached . Her father would not allow an engagement , objecting to their near re- lationship . Among the manuscripts of the poet preserved at Welborne Rectory is a curious relic of this disappointment . It is a Latin essay ...
... soon became attached . Her father would not allow an engagement , objecting to their near re- lationship . Among the manuscripts of the poet preserved at Welborne Rectory is a curious relic of this disappointment . It is a Latin essay ...
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... soon found that the exercise it gave his mind was the best of all antidotes to his melancholy . After he had composed a few trifles , Mrs. Unwin urged him to attempt something more considerable , and suggested it should be a moral ...
... soon found that the exercise it gave his mind was the best of all antidotes to his melancholy . After he had composed a few trifles , Mrs. Unwin urged him to attempt something more considerable , and suggested it should be a moral ...
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... soon became a frequent and very welcome guest at the Lodge , and played a large part in the rest of Cowper's life . Among the Cowper papers of all sorts he left behind him , there are two manuscripts of his own , which are descriptions ...
... soon became a frequent and very welcome guest at the Lodge , and played a large part in the rest of Cowper's life . Among the Cowper papers of all sorts he left behind him , there are two manuscripts of his own , which are descriptions ...
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... soon asks him- 66 " Good Mr. Teedon , which shall pass , Port wine or calcavella to thy glass ? " Teedon takes port , and asks , as most of us will to - day , what calcavella is ; on which Cowper derives the name " with fear " from ...
... soon asks him- 66 " Good Mr. Teedon , which shall pass , Port wine or calcavella to thy glass ? " Teedon takes port , and asks , as most of us will to - day , what calcavella is ; on which Cowper derives the name " with fear " from ...
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... soon proves insipid to one whose palate has been spoilt by power and " the town ; " - " He sighs , -for , after all , by slow degrees , The spot he loved has lost the power to please . To cross his ambling pony day by day Seems at the ...
... soon proves insipid to one whose palate has been spoilt by power and " the town ; " - " He sighs , -for , after all , by slow degrees , The spot he loved has lost the power to please . To cross his ambling pony day by day Seems at the ...
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