Poems by William Cowper ...J. Johnson and Company, 1811 |
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... thought of having my own name perpe- tuated in connexion with the name in the title page , is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not ...
... thought of having my own name perpe- tuated in connexion with the name in the title page , is so pleasing and flattering to the feelings of my heart , that I am content to risk something for the gratification . This preface is not ...
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... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lin'd To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all it's gold and glitt'ring store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lin'd To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all it's gold and glitt'ring store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
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... and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humbled and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On TABLE TALK . 9.
... and if such as these , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humbled and confin'd the sphere , Happy the state that has not these to fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On TABLE TALK . 9.
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William Cowper. A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , 170 Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others ...
William Cowper. A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations , that they never felt , 170 Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others ...
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... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despis'd and trampled on at ...
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