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" I will venture to say that you do not often give more than you gave me this morning. When I came down to breakfast, and found upon the table a letter franked by my uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I said... "
The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr - Page 134
by William Hayley - 1805
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The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper: With an ..., Volume 1

William Hayley - 1803 - 348 pages
...that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I faid within myfelf, this isjuft as it fhould be ; we are all grown young again, and the days that I thought I fhould fee no more, are actually returned. You perceive therefore that you judged well when you conjectured...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 1

American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...this is just as it shook! be ; -we are all grown ycung again, and the days that I thought 1 should tee no more, are actually returned. You perceive therefore...line from you would not be disagreeable to me. It cc'ild not be otherwise, than as in fact it proved, a most agreeable surprise, lor I can truly boast...
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The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley ..., Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pages
...by my Uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a Letter from you, Isaid within myself — " This is just as it should be. We are...otherwise, than as in fact it proved, a most agreeable surprise, for I can truly boast of an affection for you, that neither years, nor interrupted intercourse,...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pages
...by my Uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself — " This is just as it should be. We are...perceive therefore, that you judged well when you conjectured,that a line from you would not be disagreeable to me. It could not be otherwise, than as...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...by my uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself — " This is just as it should be. We are...and the days that I thought I should see no more, arc actually returned." You perceive, therefore, that yon judged well when you conjectured, that a...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...by my uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself — " This is just as it should be. We are...otherwise, than as in fact it proved, a most agreeable surprise, for I can truly boast of an affection for you, that neither years, nor interrupted intercourse,...
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The Letters of the Late William Cowper to His Friends, Volume 2

William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 328 pages
...by my Uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it. contained a letter from you, I said within myself — "This is just as it should be. We are all...otherwise than as in fact it proved, a most agreeable surprise, for I can truly boast of an affection for you, that neither years, nor interrupted intercourse,...
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The Christian Library: The life of the Rev. John Wesley

Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...my uncle, and \fhen opening that frank, I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself, this is just as it should be. We are all grown...to me. It could not be otherwise than as in fact it has proved, a most agreeable For I can truly boast of an affection for neither years nor intercepted...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...by my uncle, and when opening that frank I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself — ' This is just as it should be. We are all grown young again, and the days that I thought 1 should see no more, are actually returned.' You perceive therefore that you judged well when you...
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The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Comp. from His Correspondence , and Other ...

Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 354 pages
...by my uncle, and when opening that frank, I found that it contained a letter from you, I said within myself, This is just as it should be. We are all grown...to me. It could not be otherwise than as in fact it has proved, a most agreeable surprise. For I can truly boast of an affection for you that neither years...
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