The Works of William Cowper, Volume 3

William Cowper

H. G. Bohn, 1854

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COWPERS LETTERS	1

To the Rev William Unwin	2

To the Rev John Newton June 13 Dutch communications	3

To the Rev William Unwin Feb 2 Restoration of friendship between	5

To the Rev John Newton March 7 Comparative length	11

To the Rev William Unwin May 12 His Sunday thoughts	21

To the Rev William Unwin April	25

was loved by his people	28

To the Rev William Unwin Aug 27 Pleasure in his connexion	207

To the Rev John Newton Sept 24 Recollections of Southampton	209

To the Rev William Unwin Oct 22 His daily task of transla	215

To Joseph Hill Esq Nov 7 Acknowledgement of a note	221

To the Rev Walter Bagot Nov 9 Returning a charge of	222

To the Rev Matthew Powley 一 He destroys his friends	226

To the Rev John Newton Dec 3 Deathbed Memoirs Reasons	229

To the Rev John Newton Dec 3 Deathbed Memoirs Reasons	231

To the Rev William Bull Aug 3 Mr Bull at Rottingdean Thun	34

Sept 23	42

To the Rev John Newton Nov 30 He has no spare time Specu	44

To Joseph Hill	50

To Joseph Hill Esq Nov 23 Cowper fond of reading voyages	56

lations concerning the way in which the Antediluvians employed	61

1784	67

To the Rev William Unwin Jan Remarks on some Latin verses	73

To Mr Johnson Feb 19 Asking for some anatomical works	80

To the Rev John Newton March 8 Intercession for a criminal	85

To the Rev William Unwin March 21 On the Lives of the Poets	92

To the Rev William Unwin May 3 On painting the face	102

To the Rev William Unwin July 12 Lady Austen Alteration	109

To the Rev Matthew Powley	114

To the Rev John Newton July 19 Commemoration of Handel	122

To the Rev John Newton Imperfect Mr Tecdon Dispute	129

volume Cowper pleased but not elated with praise	130

To Joseph Hill Esq Sept 11 Dr Cotton	132

To the Rev William Unwin Oct 10 Sending the MSS of the Task	137

To the Rev William Unwin Nov 1 Glad that Johnson has	150

To Joseph Hill Esq Nov On his mothers death Reflections	152

To the Rev William Unwin Franks Ipecacuanha	157

Lunardi	159

To the Rev William Unwin Dec 18 Tirocinium Reason	163

1785	166

Archibald Hamilton wishes to become acquainted with him	169

To the Rev John Newton Feb 19 An ingenious man misplaced	171

To the Rev John Newton March 19 Uses of his nevertobefor	176

Unreasonableness of his own impatience with the printers delay	179

1786	181

lar applause To the Rev William Unwin April 30 The Master of St Pauls	182

To the Rev John Newton May Account of a sudden death	185

to his physiognomical feelings	188

To the Rev William Bull June 13 A note on occasion of	192

To Joseph Hill Esq June 25 Description of his summerhouse	194

To the Rev John Newton July 9 Favourable accounts of	196

To the Rev John Newton Aug 6 Selfabasement The Task	201

To the Rev John Newton Aug 27 On Dr Johnsons Diary State	204

To the Rev John Newton Dec 10 The Task overpraised by cer	237

To the Rev William Unwin Dec 24 Subscription The desk	244

To Lady Hesketh 一 Mr Bull the friend whom he consults	249

To Lady Hesketh Jan 10 Pleased that she is pleased with	254

To Lady Hesketh Jan 23 A letter from Anonymous promising	265

To Lady Hesketh Feb 9 Joyful expectations of her promised	272

To the Rev Walter Bagot Feb 27 On Mrs Bagots death	279

To Mr Johnson March 8 Expressing his pleasure that his trans	286

To the Rev William Unwin March 13	287

To Lady Hesketh April 3 Objecting to any delay of her visit	296

To Lady Hesketh April 17 Description of the vicarage Letter	305

To Lady Hesketh May 1 She must bring her horses as well	311

To the Rev Walter Bagot May 20 Revising his translation	319

To Lady Hesketh June 4 and 5 Former days Delay of	325

To Joseph Hill Esq June 19 Announcing their intended	332

To the Rev William Unwin Aug 9 Concerning a pupil Pre	341

the Rose	349

To Joseph Hill Esq Oct 6 A book of his translation gone to	357

To Lady Hesketh Jan 8 Commencement of a nervous fever	378

To Samuel Rose Esq Aug 27 Progressive recovery Barclays	384

To the Rev Walter Bagot Sept 22 Informing him of his	391

To Samuel Rose Esq Oct 19 His translation resumed On	396

To Lady Hesketh Nov 3 Road directions Praises of November	402

To Joseph Hill Esq Nov 16 In no danger of hurting himself	404

To Lady Hesketh Nov 27 Visit from the Clerk of All Saints	405

To Samuel Rose Esq Dec 13 A translator and a lawyer must	410

Post comes daily	412

1788	416

To the Rev Walter Bagot Jan 5 Rerevision of his translation	418

To Lady Hesketh Jan 19 An heroic comparison Bunburys	422

To Samuel Rose Esq Feb 14 On the waste of time in youth	427

To Mrs King Feb 12 In reply to a first letter His brother	429

Page	437

His conduct and treatment at Oxford	443

Letter from Mr Newton Aug 8 1778	449

Letters of Literature	456

Singing of the Swan	462

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Page 399 - I still, as at the first, allow myself a liberty. On all other occasions I prune with an unsparing hand, determined that there shall not be found in the whole translation an idea that is not Homer's. My ambition is, to produce the closest copy possible, and at the same time as harmonious as I know how to make it. This being my object, you will no longer think, if indeed you have thought so at all, that I am unnecessarily and overmuch industrious.

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Title	The Works of William Cowper, Volume 3 Bohn's standard library The Works of William Cowper, Robert Southey
Author	William Cowper
Publisher	H. G. Bohn, 1854
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	24 Oct 2005

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