William Cowper and the Eighteenth Century |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 89
Page 14
... century and a half later , the author of The Task is still a living figure , though the bulk of his poetry be little read . As the link between Pope and the Romantic Revival , between conventionality and nature , Cowper will always hold ...
... century and a half later , the author of The Task is still a living figure , though the bulk of his poetry be little read . As the link between Pope and the Romantic Revival , between conventionality and nature , Cowper will always hold ...
Page 53
... century laissez- faire - it is wrong to call it a sequel , since the very revolt was an integral element in the period - was the Wesleyan Revival . Yet the political stagnation of the first half of the century served good , no less than ...
... century laissez- faire - it is wrong to call it a sequel , since the very revolt was an integral element in the period - was the Wesleyan Revival . Yet the political stagnation of the first half of the century served good , no less than ...
Page 54
... century , were poor , ignorant , and coarse beyond description . The torture of animals was their main pastime ; crimes of violence , in the absence of any effective police force , were rampant ; and even for trivial offences " the law ...
... century , were poor , ignorant , and coarse beyond description . The torture of animals was their main pastime ; crimes of violence , in the absence of any effective police force , were rampant ; and even for trivial offences " the law ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Arminian became Book brother called Calvinism Calvinistic cheerful Christian Church conversation cousin death despair divine effect eighteenth century England Evangelicalism fact faith father Fausset feeling garden Goldwin Smith happy Hayley heart human humour Huntingdon hymns hypochondria influence John Gilpin John Newton John Wesley Johnny Johnson Joseph Hill Lady Austen Lady Hesketh later Latitudinarians least less letter literary lived London Lord David Cecil Madan madness melancholy Memoir merely mind mood morbid never Newport Pagnell Newton Nonsense Club Olney Olney Hymns Orchard Side passage perhaps period poems poet poet's poetry preached realised reason recognised religion religious Revival says seems seen sense sincere sometimes soon speak spirit Task Theodora theology things thought town true truth Unwin verse Vicarage walk Wesley's Weston Weston Underwood whole wife William Bull William Cowper wish write written wrote