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... period in Cowper's life . The first attempt of this kind which he himself thought worthy of preservation , was à translation of an elegy from Tibullus , executed in his fourteenth year . Unfortunately , all traces of this juvenile ...
... period in Cowper's life . The first attempt of this kind which he himself thought worthy of preservation , was à translation of an elegy from Tibullus , executed in his fourteenth year . Unfortunately , all traces of this juvenile ...
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... period of his life . During his early manhood , his most intimate associates were those of his class - fellows at Westminster , whom chance or profes- sional study had settled again in the capital . Twenty or thirty years of sickness ...
... period of his life . During his early manhood , his most intimate associates were those of his class - fellows at Westminster , whom chance or profes- sional study had settled again in the capital . Twenty or thirty years of sickness ...
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... period of retiring from the world . In the condition of hi fortune we see much to pity ; but in his trust in the Lord which could render him contented amid the wreck of worldl estate , and in the cheerful benevolence , the manly ...
... period of retiring from the world . In the condition of hi fortune we see much to pity ; but in his trust in the Lord which could render him contented amid the wreck of worldl estate , and in the cheerful benevolence , the manly ...
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