William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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... satisfied in his poetry that it remained more of a literary than a vital activity , lacking either complexity or ... satisfy a modern reader . Hayley's is too unctuous , Southey's too sententiously and ecclesiastically moral , while Mr ...
... satisfied in his poetry that it remained more of a literary than a vital activity , lacking either complexity or ... satisfy a modern reader . Hayley's is too unctuous , Southey's too sententiously and ecclesiastically moral , while Mr ...
Page 51
... satisfy . They had begun by contributing to The Student ; or Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Magazine , and had later ... satisfied to be humorists , Lloyd , like Cowper himself , indulged his wit to relieve a sense of inward discontent ...
... satisfy . They had begun by contributing to The Student ; or Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Magazine , and had later ... satisfied to be humorists , Lloyd , like Cowper himself , indulged his wit to relieve a sense of inward discontent ...
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... satisfied with His methods , and to wait His time . . . . As to daily occurrences , it is best to believe that . . . each one the most suitable to our case , is adjusted and appointed by the hand which was once nailed to the Cross for ...
... satisfied with His methods , and to wait His time . . . . As to daily occurrences , it is best to believe that . . . each one the most suitable to our case , is adjusted and appointed by the hand which was once nailed to the Cross for ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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animal beauty charms cheerful comfort cousin Cowper wrote creative dark Deists delightful delusion despair discovered divine dream Eartham elegance Evangelical Evangelicism example experience express eyes fact faith fear feel felt FĂȘte ChampĂȘtre floating films forget friendship garden gentle good-sense grace happy haunted mind Hayley Hayley's heart Homer hope human humble humour hymns Iliad imagination impulse indulged intelligence John Gilpin Lady Austen Lady Hesketh later Lavendon less letter-writer letters lines live Martin Madan melancholy ment mercy Milton mind mood moral nature Nature's ness Netley Abbey never Newton night Nonsense Club Olney once Orchard Side pain peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poetic poetry polygamy prayers prove rational realize religion religious Romantic satire Scripture seemed sense sensibility sentiment soon soul spirits suffering sympathy Task taste Teedon terror thee theology things thought Throckmortons tone truth Unwin vated verse virtue walk Weston words write