William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 152
... letters indeed were not only works of art , but natural growths , and it was in them that he first experi- enced the satisfaction of surrendering himself , as he did later in poetry , to the flow of impulse . " Thus it is with my ...
... letters indeed were not only works of art , but natural growths , and it was in them that he first experi- enced the satisfaction of surrendering himself , as he did later in poetry , to the flow of impulse . " Thus it is with my ...
Page 154
... letter - writer he was concerned lest it should make him self - conscious and so tempt him into artifice . ' Now this foolish vanity , ' he wrote ... letters , to squeeze out the humorous essence of a situation , to 154 $ 3 WILLIAM COWPER.
... letter - writer he was concerned lest it should make him self - conscious and so tempt him into artifice . ' Now this foolish vanity , ' he wrote ... letters , to squeeze out the humorous essence of a situation , to 154 $ 3 WILLIAM COWPER.
Page 155
... letters as the being , at once sympathetic and self - possessed , which he wished to be . He obeyed an impulse that life itself seemed to dictate , and he ordered it as an individual . The experience was not pro- found , but it was ...
... letters as the being , at once sympathetic and self - possessed , which he wished to be . He obeyed an impulse that life itself seemed to dictate , and he ordered it as an individual . The experience was not pro- found , but it was ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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