The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, 5. köideSaunders & Otley, 1835 |
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... perhaps a paraphrase , but it is no longer the same author only in a different dress , and therefore it is not translation . " After dwelling upon the merits and defects of the free and the close translation , and observing that the ...
... perhaps a paraphrase , but it is no longer the same author only in a different dress , and therefore it is not translation . " After dwelling upon the merits and defects of the free and the close translation , and observing that the ...
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... in your strictures , though I should be happy to receive more of them . Perhaps it is possible that when you retire into the country , you may now and LIFE OF COWPER . 11 To the Lord Thurlow On the inconvenience of rhyme in translation.
... in your strictures , though I should be happy to receive more of them . Perhaps it is possible that when you retire into the country , you may now and LIFE OF COWPER . 11 To the Lord Thurlow On the inconvenience of rhyme in translation.
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... Perhaps there was melody in ancient song without straining it to musical notes , as the common Greek pronunciation is said to have had the compass of five parts of an octave . But surely that word is only figuratively applied to modern ...
... Perhaps there was melody in ancient song without straining it to musical notes , as the common Greek pronunciation is said to have had the compass of five parts of an octave . But surely that word is only figuratively applied to modern ...
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... perhaps the natural course of recovery . She walked so well this morning , that she told me at my first visit she had entirely forgot her illness , and she spoke so distinctly , and had so much of her usual countenance , that had it ...
... perhaps the natural course of recovery . She walked so well this morning , that she told me at my first visit she had entirely forgot her illness , and she spoke so distinctly , and had so much of her usual countenance , that had it ...
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... Perhaps is approv'd in the skies , And therefore attains to its end . ' Twas a wish that flew ardently forth , From a bosom effectually warm'd With the talents , the graces , and worth , Of the person for whom it was form'd . * Verses ...
... Perhaps is approv'd in the skies , And therefore attains to its end . ' Twas a wish that flew ardently forth , From a bosom effectually warm'd With the talents , the graces , and worth , Of the person for whom it was form'd . * Verses ...
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able Adieu affectionate afford answer arrived bard believe blank verse breakfast CHARLOTTE SMITH comfort COURTENAY Cowper dear friend dearest brother delight Eartham expect favour fears feel finished Flaxman Four Ages Friend-I give happy Hayley's heart Homer honour hope Hurdis Iliad JOHN JOHNSON JOHN NEWTON John Throckmorton Johnny journey July 27 kind Kingston labours LADY HESKETH least letter lines melancholy Milton mind morning never numbers obliged Odyssey opportunity ourselves Paradise Lost perhaps pleasant pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor Mary present Private Correspondence reason received rejoice rhyme Romney SAMUEL ROSE seems seen sent sincerely sonnet soon spirits suffered tell thank thee thing thou tion translation Unwin verse W. C. TO LADY W. C. TO SAMUEL W. C. TO WILLIAM walk Weston Weston Underwood Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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Page 334 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 385 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 230 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For, could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!
Page 302 - Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes.
Page 374 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods : And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Page 247 - No poet wept him ; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed, Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date : But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Page 386 - ... Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the...
Page 297 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 313 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright, The screws reversed, (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.
Page 246 - He lov'd them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay ; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away ; But wag'd with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life.