 I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman, a solicitor, that is to say, I slept three years in his house, but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton Row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future Lord Chancellor, constantly...  Poems, by William Cowper, Esq: Together with His Posthumous Poetry, and a ... - Page 13by William Cowper - 1841Full view - About this book
 | 1853 - 636 pages
...clerk's ordinary mode of passing his time is thus described by Cowper in a letter to Lady Hesketh: — 'I did ' actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...but I lived, that is ' to say, I spent my days, in Southampton Row, as you very ' well remember. There was I and the future Lord Chancellor '(Thurlow)... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 454 pages
...; I grow fat every day, and shall be as big as Gog or Magog, or both put together, before you come. I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...three years in his house, but I lived, that is to say, J spent my days in Southampton-Row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future Lord Chancellor,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pages
...I grow fat every day, and shall be as big as Gog, or Magog, or both put together, before you come. I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...three years in his house, but I lived, that is to tay, I spent my days, in Southampton-Row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future Lord... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 462 pages
...I grow fat every day, and shall be as big as Gog or ^fegogj or both put together, before you come. I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...that is to say, I slept three years in his house, but 1 lived; that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton-Row, as you very well remember. There was I,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 402 pages
...suggested asthat in which his family interest might avail him. His own account may be relied ob. " I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...house, but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton-Bow, as yon тery well remember. There was I, and the future lord chancellor (Thurlow)... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 540 pages
...suggested as that in which his family interest might avail him. His own account may be relied on. " I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...house, but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton- row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future lord chancellor (Thurlow),... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...suggested as that in which his family interest might avail him. His own account may be relied on. " I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...is to say, I spent my days in Southampton-row, as Jyoo very well remember. Thflre was I, and the future lord chancellor (Thurlow), constantly employed... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 328 pages
...; I grow fat every day, and shall be as big as Gog or Magog, or both put together, before you come. I did actually live three years with Mr. Chapman,...house, but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton Row, as you very well remember. There was I, and the future Lord Chancellor, constantly... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 400 pages
...he was placed in the family of a Mr. Chapman, a solicitor, in London, with a view to his instruction in the practice of the law. To this gentleman he was...with Mr Chapman, a solicitor, that is to say, I slept threu years in his house ; but I lived, that is to say, I spent my days in Southampton-row, as you... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...acknowledges his extreme idleness. " I did actually live," he says, in a letter to Lady Hesketh, " for three years with Mr. " Chapman, a solicitor ; that is to say, I slept three " years in his house. I spent my days in South" ampton-Row, as you very well remember. There " was I, and the future Lord... | |
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